The Exodus in the Quran

by Margaret King, Susiana Press (Editor)

Archaeology has proven that the Exodus never happened from Egypt, and the evidence shows that the biblical version of the Israelites crossing Sinai, entering Jericho and creating the kingdoms of Israel and Judah could not have occurred in Palestine. There is no archaeological verification of David and Solomon ruling from Jerusalem. Was it all a hoax? The Quran confirms that the scribes who wrote the biblical texts took the stories out of their correct location and chronology. Examining the Quran, the Bible, rabbinic literature, archaeology, studies in linguistics, and the writings of ancient historians, the author, an anthropologist, takes us to a completely different part of the Near East for all the biblical stories that preceded the era of the Prophets Elijah (Elias) and Elisha. She argues that the Exodus took place a millennium before the biblical version. Pharaoh was not in African Egypt, and neither were the descendants of Jacob. Through subtle hints, the Quran (combined with some clues found in biblical and rabbinic literature) takes us to the exact location of early biblical history, demonstrating that the original land of 'milk and honey' was not Palestine. The second phase of Israelite history was in Palestine, with Jerusalem as their religious capital. The inevitable conclusion is that Egyptian territories had once extended over a larger region of the Near East, and what remained of Egypt after the Exodus is what we find in African Egypt. Furthermore, as the author argues, the Quran is the only religious text that refers to an ancient people who ceased to exist 2600 years before the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, and places them in the Exodus story. The earliest reference to this ancient civilization was discovered by archaeologists in Iran towards the late 19th century. How could an illiterate Prophet, preaching in the Arabian Peninsula, have known such information?

319 pages, Perfect Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[layla labadi · Rating 4 out of 5]

everyone should read this book, it is a bit confusing ,maybe it should be rearranged ,but anyway it is a must read book and maybe more than once