The Exodus of Israel: Its Difficulties Examined, and its Truth Confirmed with a Reply to Recent Objections

by Thomas Rawson Birks

Publisher:

Religious Tract Society

, 1863

Overview

This response to John William Colenso’s The Pentateuch and the Book of Joshua Critically Examined systematically moves through the book of Exodus and addresses the difficulties that Colenso highlighted in his controversial work. Seventeen of the chapters directly answer the arguments of Bishop Colenso, the eighteenth and nineteenth chapters review the numerical and historical objections to the Pentateuch, and chapters 20 to 22 constitute an argument for the truth and Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch, deduced from the Psalms, the prophets, and the gospels.

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Key Features

• Written in response to The Pentateuch and the Book of Joshua Critically Examined
• Systematically studies the book of Exodus
• Addresses numerical and historical objections

Contents

• The Number of Jacob’s Family
• The Scriptural Data of the Exodus
• The Increase of Israel in Egypt
• The Exodus in the Fourth Generation
• The Genealogies in Egypt
• The Number of the Firstborn
• The First Passover
• The Tents and Arms of the Israelites
• The Flocks of Israel in the Desert
• The Camp and Tabernacle
• The First Numbering of the People
• The Household of Jacob
• The Levitical Families
• The Priests in the Wilderness
• The Passover in the Wilderness
• The Events of the Fortieth Year
• The Population of Canaan
• Review of Numerical Objections
• Review of Historical Objections
• The Testimony of the Psalms
• The Testimony of the Prophets
• The Testimony of the Gospels

Product Details

• Title: The Exodus of Israel: Its Difficulties Examined, and its Truth Confirmed with a Reply to Recent Objections
• Author: T. R. Birks
• Publisher: The Religious Tract Society
• Publication Date: 1863
• Pages: 344

About Thomas Rawson Birks

Thomas Rawson Birks (1810–1883) was an Anglican priest and Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at Cambridge. He also wrote extensively, authoring numerous theological works, many of which sparked discussion and debate. Some of his books include Essay on the Right Estimation of Manuscript Evidence, The Exodus of Israel, Scripture Doctrine of Creation, The Philosophy of Human Responsibility, and Modern Physical Fatalism and the Doctrine of Evolution.