Scholars of the hebrew bible have in the last decade begun to question the historical accuracy of the israelite sojourn in egypt as described in the book of exodus the reason for the rejection of the exodus tradition is said to be the lack of historical and archaeological evidence in egypt. Scholars of the hebrew bible have in the last decade begun to question the historical accuracy of . Download citation israel in egypt the evidence for the authenticity of the exodus tradition scholars of the hebrew bible have in the last decade begun to question the historical accuracy of . Israel in egypt is a comprehensive work about the authenticity of the exodus tradition as the books subtitle professor james k hoffmeier has found compelling evidence in ancient egytpian texts and organized a very well documented critic to the so called source criticism of the pentateuch