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Figures and Tables ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: The Exodus, Oral Tradition, and Natural History xiii Chapter One: Dating the Exodus 1 Chapter Two: The Coming of the Hyksos 10 Chapter Three: The Minoan Eruption 23 Chapter Four: The Plagues, the Exodus, and Historical Reality 35 Chapter Five: Moses and the Mountain of God 46 Chapter Six: The Sojourn in the Wilderness 68 Chapter Seven: Meanwhile, Back in Civilization 83 Chapter Eight: The Destruction of Jericho 93 Chapter Nine: The Conquest and Settlement of Canaan 102 Chapter Ten: Back to Egypt 120 Chapter Eleven: The Formation of the Exodus Tradition 140 Appendix: Oral Transmission, Memory and Recall, and Oral History 152 Abbreviations 157 Notes 159 Glossary of Geological and Technical Terms 199 Bibliography 205 Index 229

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