My favorite professor of Jewish-related history!   Doesn't let his beliefs interfere with his scholarship. That's all one can ask.

This guy is awesome.  Clearly knows what he's talking about, presents it fairly and responsibly.  Thank you for sharing your wisdom and research!

Thanks for your unbiased treatment of this subject and for your cool Jewish humor!

Gentile Christian here. Thanks for the great video! I’m seen some documentaries on both the coral structures shaped like chariot wheels that were found and the possibility of which mountain is the Biblical Mt.
Sinai. They’re actually pretty substantive documentaries and I felt they were definitely worth the time. But as you say, in the end it comes down to faith, which is what has always pleased the Lord. Thanks again!

Evangelical seminary student here. Really enjoyed this.

Wow, I've always seen photos of that stele by itself, that's the first time I've seen the Merneptah stele in scale.  Had no idea it was that enormous.

Thank you so much.  Genetic testing, diseases, love of Chinese takeout, and family lore suggest that I am descended from Sephardic Jews who settled in New Mexico.  My family has been there for centuries.  Though I do not wish to convert; I do want to support the Community in meaningful ways.  Your videos are helpful to me in this regard.  Blessings to you and yours during the season of passover.  Please pray for us children of the covenant who are in the New World.

always thrilling the way you combine being an observant jew and a historian 😄 it fills me with joy

What an informative talk delivered in such an enjoyable way! I'll be looking for more of your videos.

Wonderful, with greetings from South Africa

thankyou for your classical teaching and rigorous search for evidence as well as openness to the Torah

Really helpful

Thanks

Dr. Abramson, I hope to meet you one day.  Which i will if you come through the galleries of Tzfat.  I just want to sit in your classes all day and learn and learn.  Thank you.  Chag sameach!!

The very tactful description of Ron Wyatt's activities was tinged with just the perfect amount of irony to draw a belly laugh from me. Well done Rabbi.

One thing often ignored  is that the literal dates for Exodus ca1446/1406 bc, depending upon the text used.But the chronologies used for Egypt in antiquity do not match ours today .The dates were higher thañ than  today's.

Thank your Dr. Abramson for answering the question that I asked at my family's Seder last year. Earlier in the day, while my sister-in-law was preparing our meal, she told me about the work she had be doing for Mt. Vernon. She had been hired to help with furnishing the kitchen area and determine which utensils would be considered historically accurate for the period when George Washington lived there There was one particular utensil they wanted to display, but apparently it was rare enough in the late 18th, early 19th century that they couldn't be sure Washington had one. My sister-in-law made a great effort searching Arlington county records and was able to find an inventory from the probate of Washington's estate that listed this item. She was so happy that they now could put a reproduction in the kitchen. Given this, I ask a question at the Seder, the same question in this video. I got blank stares from the whole family as if I opened a can of worms. Thank you for taking the time for answering this. חג כשר ושמח

Psalms 147: 19,20

I enjoyed and am pleased by Dr Abramson's explaining evidence vs. proof. Faith is what's pleasing to Yahweh so I hope in future the Dr will give more attention/glory to our remarkable God/Hashem Who deserves it all rather and more so than His remarkable people Israel.

Great explanation! The linguistic evidence presented was new to me and very interesting. What do you think about the names of Moses and Miriam? They seem to be Egyptian names which are given a Hebrew interpretation in Exodus.