Did the Biblical Exodus ever happen?

Hi Buz,I'd like to put this thread on an evidence-based footing. I've only read up to your Message 138 so far, so if you haven't already, please summarize the nature of the evidence found at Nuweiba, tell us where it is right now, and provide supporting links and/or references.Also, most of your effort in this thread seems to be focused on explaining why there is no evidence for the Exodus. I'd like to shift the focus to the actual evidence that does exist.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

The request was to shift the focus of discussion back to the evidence, not to summarize all the evidence presented thus far in the thread. The only specific request for evidence I made concerned a chariot wheel.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

Since it doesn't appear you've seen it yet, I'm posting this message here to let you know I sent you a PM this morning.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

Since it appears you still haven't seen it yet, I'm posting another message here to let you know I sent you a PM this morning.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

I'm withdrawing from participation as Percy in this thread and will begin moderating tomorrow as Admin in an effort to bring about a shift of focus to the evidence for the Exodus.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

Showing trade routes leading to Jerusalem in the time of Jesus, this is from The Macmillan Bible Atlas: The label "Arabia" begins in the Sinai Peninsula.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

I'm here simply to effect an increased focus on evidence. The question isn't whether you are standing by the argument, but whether the evidence is standing by you. Arabia Petraea was the name Rome gave to their Arabian province. It refers to that part of Arabia ruled from Petra, an ancient city in what is now Jordan. This is from the Wikipedia article on Petra: In other words, Arabia Petraea was the portion of Arabia that became part of the Roman Empire.This information I've just provided should not be considered final, and I'm not trying to join the discussion. This is just to illustrate that instead of just insisting that you're not giving up your position you should instead be seeking evidence that supports it.Please, no replies to this message.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

Buz, please reply to the substance of Jar's post, which argued that Arabia Petraea is one of three regions of Arabia, and therefore is part of Arabia.You argued in Message 207 that because, "The Biblical record says Sinai is in Arabia," and that because the Sinai Peninsula is not in Arabia, that therefore the identification of the Mt. Sinai on the Sinai Peninsula could not be correct. There are a lot of good arguments for locating Mt. Sinai outside the Sinai Peninsula and a good deal of scholarship agrees with you, but the argument that the Sinai Peninsula was not considered part of Arabia at the time appears to be seriously flawed and is the one being challenged. If you have evidence supporting your position in the form of maps or excerpts then please present it.Please, no replies to this message.Edited by Admin, : Clarify.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

Back in Message 311 I quoted Wikipedia saying that the part of Arabia under the rule of Petra only became part of Arabia Petraea in 106 CE, which was considerably after Galatians was written.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

Could you please provide the following information about the chariot wheel:

• Photographs.
• Current location.
• Name or names of those experts who examined the chariot wheel.
• The analytical information gathered by the expert or experts.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

Hi Buz,I'd like a single post with all the chariot wheel evidence, so let me be more specific this time.Please provide the following information:

• Photographs of the chariot wheels.
• Videos of the chariot wheels (links are okay).
• Current location (museum, laboratory, etc.) of any chariot wheels recovered from the sea floor.
• Expert's names and analyses indicating that they're chariot wheels and not something else, such as natural formations, coral-encrusted pleasure boat steering wheels, etc.
• If expert analyses indicate these are ancient chariot wheels, then provide expert's names and analyses indicating the chariot wheels are from the appropriate period and region.

Edited by Admin, : Clarification.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

Regarding corroborating evidence for the Biblical flood at the Nuweiba site, let me repeat that I would like all corroborating evidence related to the chariot wheels at that site placed in a single message, specifically:

• Photographs of the chariot wheels.
• Videos of the chariot wheels (links are okay).
• Current location (museum, laboratory, etc.) of any chariot wheels recovered from the sea floor.
• Expert's names and analyses indicating that they're chariot wheels and not something else, such as natural formations, coral-encrusted pleasure boat steering wheels, etc.
• If expert analyses indicate these are ancient chariot wheels, then provide expert's names and analyses indicating the chariot wheels are from the appropriate period and region.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

Before discussing the mechanisms by which the land bridge could have disappeared, please present evidence that the land bridge was ever there in the first place.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

You misspelled the word you bolded. Chrome and Firefox have built-in spell checkers.If you have "corroborating evidence" for a land bridge, then please present it.Please, no replies to this message.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director

If you have evidence that the objects in the photographs are Egyptian chariot wheels from the 18th dynasty, then please present it.Please, no replies to this message.

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--	Percy
	EvC Forum Director