About this episode

The episode discusses the discrepancies between biblical accounts and secular histories, focusing on figures like Abraham and Moses.

There seems to be a disconnect between accounts in the Bible and the corresponding secular histories of the times. For example, critics love to point out that there is no real evidence that Moses and the Israelites ever fled Egypt nor wandered in the desert for forty years. That is, no evidence other than the biblical account. The same with Abraham; The Pearl of Great Price says explicitly that Abraham went to Egypt to teach the Pharaoh, personally, the principles of Astronomy, and yet there ...

People in this episode

Host: Mark Swint

Topics covered

• Biblical accounts
• Secular history
• Abraham
• Moses
• Egypt
• Astronomy

Keywords

• Abraham
• Moses
• Egypt
• Pharaoh
• The Pearl of Great Price
• Astronomy
• Biblical history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pharaoh

Books & works: The Pearl of Great Price

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