The Hebrews in Egypt and Their Exodus

by Alexander Wheelock Thayer

Publisher:

E. S. Willcox

, 1897

Overview

Following the Hebrews in their wanderings from the land of Goshen to the Jordan, Thayer unravels the tangled narrative skein of the crossing of the Red Sea, the events at Sinai, the destruction of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, the story of Balaam, and other marvelous stories.

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Key Features

• Follows the journey of the Hebrews from the land of Goshen to the Jordan
• Examines the crossing of the Red Sea, events at Sinai, and more
• Analyzes the topography and geography of Exodus

Contents

• Northeastern Egypt
• The Genealogies
• The Egyptian Province, Palestine
• Goshen and Its Population
• The Exodus
  • Preliminary
• The Exodus
  • Preparations and Achievements
• Topographical
  • The Region of the Wanderings
• From the Jam Suph to Horeb
  • The Covenant
• The Temple-Tent, Priesthood and Ritual
• From Horeb to Kadesh
• At Kadesh
• From Kadesh to the Jordan
• Chronology Arrangement of the Prophetic Writings
• Psalms of the Steps
• Maps in English Bibles
• Tongue of the Egyptian Sea
• Wilderness. Desert
• Lines of Eldest and Youngest Sons
• Dates of the Joseph and Moses Stories, and of the of the Great Roll
• The Fifteenth Nisan
• Note to the Seventh Chapter
• The Supply of Manna
• Elders of Israel at Sinai
• The Laws against Bestiality
• Vaheb in Suphah
• Balaam an Edomite
• Early Figs in Spring
• Allotment of Canaan
• Wellhausen and the Levitic Cities

Praise for the Print Edition

The work of a writer whose mind is evidently saturated with his subject by exhaustive research and study.

—Literary World

Product Details

• Title: The Hebrews in Egypt and Their Exodus
• Author: Alexander Wheelock Thayer
• Publisher: E. S. Willcox
• Publication Date: 1897
• Pages: 315

About Alexander Wheelock Thayer

Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1833–1889) is remembered as being the author of the first scholarly biography of Ludwig van Beethoven, which set the benchmark for modern standards of accuracy, research, and analysis in biography.