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It was refreshing to read a study of the exodus based on the Bible AND the Quran. Fatoohi makes some very good observations from the Biblical and the Quranic verses which help pinpoint the pharaoh of the exodus. I've read the Quran several times but had completely missed some of the implications from it regarding the exodus. I always found it a bit strange that such a large group of people would have been involved in the exodus as the Torah claims (2-3 million), but as Fatoohi points out, the Quran implies that it was a rather small group. He also notes that, unlike most modern commentators on the Quran say, the Quran clearly states that there was only one pharaoh who Moses dealt with. The best observation, in my opinion, was that the Quran refers to the pharaoh as the Pharaoh of the 'awtad', which although is usually translated as 'stakes' makes much more sense if understood as 'high buildings'. They make a very brilliant observation that the whenever the word 'awtad' is used in the Quran, it is talking about height. Therefore with the pharaoh it should also be understood the same way. The pharaoh of the "high buildings" would imply a pharaoh who was famous for a lot of buildings: Ramesses II. This was obviously not the only observation which led the authors to conclude that it was Ramessess II, but one of the more clever ones which Muslims seemed to have missed over the centuries.
Honestly before I had read this book, I had ruled out Ramesses II as being the pharoah of the exodus. He was too old and successful to have been the one, but the argument made in this book is a strong one.
Overall this is a great book. Definitely recommend it to Muslims but also open minded Jews and Christians who are willing to accept that there are some very obvious errors in the Biblical account of the exodus.
Honestly before I had read this book, I had ruled out Ramesses II as being the pharoah of the exodus. He was too old and successful to have been the one, but the argument made in this book is a strong one.
Overall this is a great book. Definitely recommend it to Muslims but also open minded Jews and Christians who are willing to accept that there are some very obvious errors in the Biblical account of the exodus.
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