The Biblical Date for the Exodus is 1446BC

Abstract

"In his introductory remarks in his response to my article critiquing the 13th-century dating of the biblical Exodus,1 James Hoffmeier states, “It seemed trivial [in his book Israel in Egypt] to be preoccupied with when the exodus occurred while the real issue being debated is whether it happened at all!”2 This statement seems to imply that scholars should not be wasting their time debating the date of the Exodus since there are weightier issues with which to be concerned. I would strongly disagree with this point of view. If we are looking in the wrong century for evidence to support the biblical account of the exodus, clearly we will not find any evidence! As Hoffmeier himself correctly stated, “[I]f this chronological scenario [a 13th-century exodus-conquest] is wrong, then archaeologists should not expect to find cities destroyed in Canaan as the biblical materials report.”3 Thus determining when the exodus occurred is a necessary first step in researching the biblical exodus-conquest"