Volume III
The Exodus and Finding the Real Mount Sinai
Decoding the Hebrew Scriptures
ISBN 9780930808204
234 pages with illustrations
SAMPLE (the first 18 pages of the book)
This volume contains the results of two expeditions to the real Mount Sinai and a third expedition to identify where the crossing was at the Bay of Suez It covers the geological and archaeological rests of these expeditions. The Author is the first person in 2,600 years who correctly located the real Mount Sinai and found all the altars Moses mentions in the Torah, including the real Abraham's Altar. The book puts an end to all speculation that the Exodus and Moses did not exist. After all, fictional people do not leave physical evidence behind.
The 17th- and 18th-century philosophers Spinoza, Descartes, and the mathematician Leibniz helped mold the 19th and 20th century thinking of the scientific rationalist. Rationalism combined with the atomists’ materialistic viewpoint of our universe has dominated the educated man. The result is the rejection of religious beliefs because they are without rational foundation.
The average person does not literally” believe that an 80-year-old man could take a wooden staff and cause the Nile River to turn to blood or frogs or locusts would cover the land, or the killing of the firstborn of the Egyptians, but avoid the Hebrews. In addition, how absurd to think that this same old man could take his staff and split the Bay of Suez so it would appear as two walls of water.
Historical Relativism teaches that Moses, Aaron, Abraham, Joseph, the Exodus, the Ark of the Covenant, Mount Sinai, and other persons of the Torah are all fictional. They also believe that the Torah was written over 700 years and finished by Jeremiah. This volume ends with historical relativism applied towards the Torah.
To counter this viewpoint, this volume will provide pictorial evidence from three expeditions that the story of the Exodus did happen, with evidence to prove the existence of all of the altars, caves, and wells described in the Torah. Evidence like the actions of the priests of Amon, trying to blot out all reference to Akhenaton’s family, also tends to prove it. The story told by the Tell E-Amarna tablets proves that the invasion of Canaan was in the period just after Akhenaten. The Old Testament account of the invasion of Canaan by Joshua and the Hebrews is historically correct even though some of the names are somewhat different. Akhenaten's appearance agrees with the clues in the Legends of the Jews. The names of the cities of Zoan, Tanis, and Sukot (which later became the holiday Succoth) and the people involved match the Torah clues. The Exodus route this book follows fits perfectly with the physical geography and towns listed in the Torah as well as the dates and the cycles of the moon. Finally, Joshua mentions the town Ay (named after the pharaoh Aye) that pinpoints the time frame. The question is who is right and who is deluding themselves? The truth is a lonely fish in a sea of ies especially when so many other fish feed on those lies.
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Table of Contents
1 Chapter 1, Introduction, 1
My Beginnings, 1
The Beginning of a Nation and a Religion, 1
The Secular Viewpoint of the Exodus Story, 2
How I Found the Real Mount Sinai, 3
The Time Period Covered, 4
The Complexity of the Whole Story, 5
The Expeditions, 5
Conditions of the Study Area, 6
The First Expedition, 7
The Local Population of Bedouins, 10
The Seven Scars of Mount Sinai, 13
Uniqueness of Mount Sinai, 15
Unusual Finds in the Valley North of the Hill, 15
2 Chapter 2, Egyptian History and Locations at the Time of the Exodus, 19
Other Versions of the Exodus and Egyptian History, 19
The Egyptian Cities in Question, 26
Luxor and Karnak, 26
Tanis, 27
Zoan and Goshen, 30
Sukot or Succoth, 31
Pithom and Ramses, 35
3 Chapter 3, The Pharaohs of the XVII Dynasty at the Time of the Exodus, 39
Amonhotep II, 39
Amonhotep IV Later Changed to Akhenaton, 40
Akhenaton's Wife, Nefertiti, 43
Why Did He Change His Name? 46
Smenkh-ka-Ré (Smenkhkare), Akhenaton's Oldest Son, 47
Tutankhamen, 51
Ay (also spelled Aye), 51
Haremheb, 51
Ramses, 53
4 Chapter 4, The Ephriamites and the Beginning of Moses’ Journey, 55
Tribal Structure and Organization, 55
Moses and Aaron, Who Were They? 56
What Happened to the Levites? 58
The Ephraimites’ Big Sin, 59
Moses’ Pre-Exodus History, 60
What You Know can Incriminate You, 61
Solving the Puzzle of Moses’ Name, 62
His Wife, 64
His Son's Names, 65
Nun, His Grandson, 66
Joshua, Moses’ Great Grandson, 66
Aaron and his Background, 69
What Was Aaron's Duties Back in Egypt? 69
What Were They Doing at Mount Sinai the Same Time? 71
5 Chapter 5, The Plagues Leading up to the Exodus, 73
When was the Passover? 73
The Rod and its Role in Creating the “Signs” or Plagues? 74
The Plants, the Nile River, and the Lambs Do Not Lie, 75
How did God Communicate with Moses? 81
6 Chapter 6, The First 27 Days of the Exodus, 85
September 11, Passover Night and the Issue of Calendars, 85
The Population Numbers in the Torah, 86
September 13, The Exodus Begins, 83
September 20, Sukot (Succoth), 89
October 1, Arrived at Etham, 90
October 5, Arrived at Pi-Hahiroth and the crossing, 92
7 Chapter 7, The Crossing to the Battle of Amalek, 97
The Crossing, October bth, 97
October 7th, At Elim or The Wells of Moses, 104
Moses Side Trip to Ball-zephon, 105
October 9th, Arrived at Baal-zephon, 107
October 10th, The Well of Marah, 108
October 11th, back to Elim and Proceed Into the Wilderness of Sinn, 110
October 13 and 14th, Encamped by the Red Sea and the First Sabbath, 111
October 15th, Encamped in Front of Sinn Bishr, 111
October 20th, Reaching Dophkah (the Well of Henaik), 112
October 20th, Arrived at Rephidim, 114
October 22, 1306 b.c.e., The Battle with Amalek, 117
Section Conclusion, 121
8 Chapter 8, Encampment at Mount Sinai, 123
The Journey to Mount Sinai, 123
Saturday, November 11, 1306 b.ce, 123
The Twelve Standards, 127
The Altars on Top of Mount Sinai, 130
The Sacrificial Altar, 130
Abraham's Altar, 133
The Sacred Cubit and the Message of the Dimensions, 137
The Altar Where the Ark was Placed, 139
The Candle Stand and the Bread Stand, The Missing Keys, 144
The Tabernacle, 145
The Tabernacle Roof, 146
The Walls of the Tabernacle, 147
The Feast of Tabernacles, 148
The Wadi Encampment of the Levites and Ephraimites, 148
Aaron's Sacrificial Altar and the Altar Platform for the Golden Calf, 151
The Golden Calf and Aaron's Role in Making it, 153
The Jewish Tradition About the Torah and the Tablets, 158
The Legends of the Jews and what they say about the two tablets, 159
Moses Reaction to what His Brother Did, 160
The Golden Calf, 162
The Other Tribal Names, 163
Korah's Rebellion, 164
9 Chapter 9, The Ark of the Covenant and How it Worked, 167
How did Moses Know How to Build the Ark? 167
Description of the Ark, Tabernacle, and Sacrificial Altar, 168
The Fat, 169
Priestly Procedures That had to be Followed, 170
The Ark of the Covenant and the Incense Table, 171
The Table for the Ark, 171
The Incense Table, 171
The Ark, 172
The Ark Box, 173
The Ark Cover, 173
The Throne, 175
Biblical References to High Voltage, 178
A Voice of the Lord of Hosts was Heard, 179
The Round Crystalline Disks, 180
What was the Ark of the Covenant? 183
How did the Ark Work? 184
What did the Priests do in Front of the Ark of the
Covenant? 186
10 Chapter 10, Dating the Exodus, 189
The Calendar and When the Exodus Occurred, 189
Dates for the Exodus, 190
Ancient Calendars, 190
The Technical Problems with the Hebrew Lunar Calendar, 190
Ancient Calendars, 191
The Babylonian Calendar, 191
The Assyrian and Canaanite Calendars, 191
The Egyptian Calendar, 192
The Real Beginning of the Jewish Calendar and
The Exodus, 192
Why is the Torah so Elusive about When the Exodus Really Occurred? 192
The Month of the Year, 193
The Plants, the Nile River, and the Lambs Do Not Lie, 194
Succoth/Sukot, 196
Other Evidence From the Hebrew Scriptures, 196
Joshua, 196
Gideon and the Angel, 196
Samson, 197
King Solomon, 198
King Hezekiah, 198
King Josiah, 199
The Prophet Ezekiel and the Future, 200
The Other Two Holidays, 200
Day of Atonement, 200
Jubilee Year, 201
King Solomon, 201
Elijah, 202
Section Conclusion, 203
How did the Dates for Observance Get Swapped? 203
King Jeroboam | of the Kingdon of Israel, the Idolater, 203
Changes in the Torah, 205
The Political State of Affairs, 207
The Conquering Babylonians and the Final Changing of the Calendar, 207
11 Chapter 11, The Aftermath in Egypt, 213
The Domestic Front, 213
What Changed Amenhotep IV to Become Akhenaton, 213
The Watershed Event, 213
Aton, Akhenaton's New God and Religion, 215
Aton, the One and Only God, 216
The Red Orb of Aton, 219
Academia’s Reaction, 220
Akhenaton's Actions Towards Creating His New Religion, 220
Egypt's Foreign Possessions, 221
From the Palestine Area, 224
12 Chapter 12, The End of Historical Relativism and Conclusion, 229
Historical Relativism, 229
The End of Historical Relativism Applied Towards the Torah, 230
Volume I, From Abraham to Jacob, 230
Volume II, Joseph and Slavery for the Hebrews, 230
Volume III: The Exodus and Finding the Real Mount Sinai, 231
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