After weeks of delays, scheduling conflicts, and technical difficulties, the Minyan proudly presents its first truly long-form episode. Join Yaakov, Talia & special comrade guests Ari, Eli, Greer, & Zach as they dive into the bewildering world of Tanakh source criticism, ancient Egyptian literary analysis, & Ancient Near East archaeology, sifting through the layers of propaganda & mythmaking in the traditional Exodus narrative in an attempt to work out what, if any, historicity underlies these stories, how their development reflects the national-mythology of the societies that produced them, and what that means for our understanding of Jewish history.

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Intro Music: "Nitsokhn Lid" by Yiddish Glory, remixed by Eli Bertrum. 

Outro Music: "When You Believe" by Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey / "Miriam's Song" by Debbie Friedman / "Creeping Death" by Metallica. 

Suggested Reading:

"Exodus" & "Who Wrote The Bible?" by Richard Elliott Friedman. 

"Israel's Exodus in Transdisciplinary Perspective"  edited by Thomas E. Levy, Thomas Schneider & William H.C. Propp (in particular the articles therein by Jan Assman; Manfred Bietak; Israel Finkelstein; Ronald Hendel; Stephen O. Moshier & James K. Hoffmeier; Bernard F. Batto; Scott Noegel; Brad C. Sparks; Baruch Halpern; Thomas Romer; Stephen C. Russell; Donald B. Redford; Emmanuel Annati; Brendon C. Benz; Avraham Faust; Daniel E. Fleming; & Thomas Schneider). 

"To Your Tents O Israel: The Terminology, Function, Form, and Symbolism of Tents in the Hebrew Bible & the Ancient Near East" by Michael Homan.