Moses & The Exodus

The Ancients

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🗓️ 13 June 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The story of Moses and the Exodus is one of the oldest and most well known in history. It is full of instantly recognisable episodes like the parting of the Red Sea, the ten plagues of Egypt, and the burning bush but it is also foundational to many modern-day faiths. So today we’re asking what does the historical and archaeological record reveal about this epic biblical narrative?

In this episode of The Ancients - the second in our Old Testament mini-series - Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr. Dylan Johnson to delve deep into the history of the ancient Israelites, to explore whether Moses was a real historical figure and to discover what historical parallels may have inspired the Exodus origin story.

This episode was edited by Aidan Lonergan and produced by Joseph Knight

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1:01.0	I'm currently standing on top of a mountain where it is said that the Prophet Moses once looked out from and gazed upon the promised land a land that he himself was not allowed to enter. This is Mount Nebo in Northern Jordan, the ancient
1:17.4	land of the Moabites. Looking out, I can see the dead sea in front of me and beyond there is the West Bank cities like
1:25.6	Jericho and on a good day in the distance you can also see Jerusalem in present
1:30.8	day Israel. Now Moses is a really interesting figure, one of those
1:35.9	great figures of the Old Testament and on Mount Nebo there are a couple of stories
1:41.2	associated with him. One that this was a place where he got his staff, he smashed it against the rock and water seeps from it. But also in a couple of traditions, this is where died aged 120 in the kingdom of Moab.
1:58.3	His story is one that deserves to be told and that is why he is the subject of our ancient episode today. It's all
2:06.8	about the exodus. To explain all, all, our guest today is Dr. Dylan Johnson from the University of Cardiff,
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