v.1: The scriptural accounts of the exodus and related events - The date of the exodus in israelite chronology - Difficulties in locating the exodus background within the limits of Bible chronology - The XIX the dynasty exodus theory: its advantages and weaknesses - Further difficulties in archaeological interpretation from the era of the conquest - Archaeological difficulties disappear with a redacting of early bronze IV - The outlines of a new chronology emerge - The contribution of the hebrews to ancient culture - Who was the pharaoh of the exodus? -- v.2: Are the foundations of archaeological science secure? - What happens to synchronisms used to support current views? - Limitations of the astronomical dating methods - The placement of dynasty XII in the archaeological ages - Natural catastrophe and archaeological synchronism - Archaeological evidences of the dispersion from Babel - Archaeology and the duration of the predynastic period - The predicament in archaeological interpretations at shechem - Confusion in the archaeology of Megiddo