Special Collections
Jurgen Liepe
Cedarwood sarcophagus of
Ramesses the Great
(1279–1213 B.C.).
The Exodus/Egypt
It’s the most dramatic event in the Hebrew Bible—the flight of the Israelites from Egypt and their miraculous escape across the Red Sea. The articles we’ve selected here address several key issues: How much history is contained in the Biblical account? What was life like in ancient Egypt? What is the story of the Ten Plagues trying to convey? And much more.
The articles below were hand-selected by the Biblical Archaeology Review editors especially for Premier Members of the BAS Library.
BAR 29:05, Sep/Oct 2003
BAR 26:04, Jul/Aug 2000
Pharaoh’s Workers: How the Israelites Lived in Egypt
BAR 25:01, Jan/Feb 1999
Let My People Go and Go and Go and Go
BAR 24:01, Jan/Feb 1998
Exodus Itinerary Confirmed by Egyptian Evidence
BAR 20:05, Sep/Oct 1994
Three Ways to Look at the Ten Plagues
BR 6:03, Jun 1990
BAR 10:04, Jul/Aug 1984