Includes author index

Chapter one: Israel and Egypt -- The near East before the patriarchs -- Egypt and Israel's sojourn -- Chapter two: Israel and the Egyptian empire -- The rise of an Egyptian empire -- The Egyptian empire during the conquest and judges -- Chapter three: the location of Israel's Sea crossing -- Pihahiroth, Yam Suph, and the Red Sea -- A proposed location for Israel's sea crossing -- Part two: theology -- Chapter four: Israel's sea crossing polemic against -- A polemic against Egypt's narrated theology -- The nature of Egyptian solar cycle theology -- A sea crossing polemic against Egyptian theology -- Chapter five: The sea crossing polemic against Hyksos theology -- The sea crossing polemic and Baal worship -- The Baal polemic -- Chapter six: the Sinai polemic against Hyksos theology -- The history of Holy mountain theology -- Holy mountains and the Exodus -- Holy mountains after the conquest -- Chapter seven: the law from Sinai -- Egypt and Israel's Ten commandments -- Egypt and Israel's ceremonial law -- Chapter eight: Israel's treaty with Yahweh -- The ancient near Eastern evidence -- The treaty form in the Mosaic age -- The treaty form after the Mosaic age