Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy

Guinness has a broad range of knowledge about historical movements in society. He comments on the enormous impact that the Bible, the Exodus and Christianity had on the world.

Redford is one of the most accomplished Egyptologists of his generation. An agnostic, he is skeptical of much of the biblical account, yet has fascinating views on the connection between Hebrew and the oldest alphabet.

Naunton comments on the history of Egyptian archaeology and its attitudes toward the Bible. As a mainstream scholar, he views the biblical account as a mix of history and myth.

Rohl has applied his revised chronology to the question of the oldest alphabet to arrive at links between the inscriptions and the Israelites’ time in Egypt before the Exodus.

Rabbi Bar-Ron is a Torah scholar trained in the Yemanite tradition, a conservative branch, which many scholars believe has preserved the most ancient phonetic and grammatical features of Hebrew. He shares his proposal for interpreting Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions as Hebrew.

Petrovich has written the controversial and intriguing book, The World’s Oldest Alphabet, where he lays out the case that it was an early form of Hebrew. Here he gives insights into interpreting the oldest inscriptions ever discovered.

Rollston specializes in the written languages and inscriptions of the ancient Near East. He is opposed to calling the world’s oldest alphabet “Hebrew” and shares his mainstream views about interpreting these inscriptions and their potential link with the Bible.

For years, archaeologist Randall Price directed excavations at Qumran, where the Dead Sea scrolls were discovered. He discusses attitudes and connections between the Bible, science and other historical documents. Can the biblical account be both theological and historical?

Dever is an American archaeologist who participated in the transition of the field of biblical archaeology as it became more skeptical of biblical literalism. As an agnostic, he shares his views on the Bible and how he thinks it relates to real history, based on the evidence.

Gentry’s time at the University of Toronto developed his deep understanding of multiple languages and also challenged his faith. He came through with a greater desire to investigate the claims of the Bible and challenge those who are skeptical.

Goldwasser is a mainstream Israeli Egyptologist who has studied under some of the greatest scholars of her generation. She has developed ground-breaking ideas on the origin of the alphabet and the early history of its use in inscriptions from the lands of the Bible.

Knight has co-authored the book The Meaning of the Bible, which is used in many colleges and seminaries. As an agnostic, he shares his perspective that the Bible is not a message from God, but rather a complex human document that developed over the centuries.

Garrett has written a commentary on the Book of Exodus as well as a Hebrew grammar. What are his arguments for the validity of the biblical account and his views on the state of modern biblical scholarship?