I’ve invested a lot of time in reviewing and commenting upon The Exodus Decoded, a television program produced and hosted by filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici, in which Jacobovici tries to date the biblical exodus to c. 1500 BCE and to connect it with the Hyksos expulsion from Egypt, the Ahmose Tempest Stela, the Admonitions of Ipuwer, and the Bronze Age eruption of the Santorini volcano. This page collects links to resources useful for anyone investigating the claims made in The Exodus Decoded.

“Official” Web Sites

• The Exodus Decoded
• SimchaJ.ca
• The Exodus Decoded on the History Channel web site
• The Exodus Decoded discussion forum on the History Channel web site
• The Exodus Decoded in the History Channel online store

News and Reference

• “Exodus reloaded” by Bill Harris, Toronto Sun, April 16, 2006
• “The Exodus Decoded” page at the Internet Movie Database
• “History Buffed: ‘Titanic’ Director Floats Exodus as True Story” by Linda Stasi, New York Post, August 19, 2006
• “‘The Exodus Decoded’: A Biblical Theory in Video Game Graphics” by Virginia Heffernan, The New York Times, August 19, 2006
• “‘The Exodus Decoded’: Researcher claims to have scientific explanations for Biblical events in History Channel special” by Frazier Moore, AP, as printed in the Evansville Courier & Press, August 20, 2006
• “Unearthing Clues to the Exodus” by Judith S. Gillies, The Washington Post, August 20, 2006
• “‘Exodus Decoded’ seeks ‘plausible explanation’ for Biblical events” by David DiCerto, Tidings Online, September 23, 2006

Higgaion Posts

View all posts together, or go to a specific post:

• The Exodus Decoded: An extended review, part 1
• The Exodus Decoded around the internet
• The Exodus Decoded: An extended review, part 2
• The Exodus Decoded: An extended review, part 3
• The Exodus Decoded: An erratum
• The Exodus Decoded: Jacobovici responds
• The Exodus Decoded: An extended review, part 4
• The Exodus Decoded: An extended review, part 5
• The Exodus Decoded: An extended review, part 6
• The Exodus Decoded: An extended review, part 7
• The Exodus Decoded: An extended review, part 8
• The Exodus Decoded: An extended review, part 9
• The Exodus Decoded: An extended review, part 10
• The Exodus Decoded: An extended review, part 11
• The Exodus Decoded: An extended review, part 12
• The Exodus Decoded: An extended review, part 13
• The Exodus Decoded: An extended review, part 14
• The Exodus Decoded: An extended review, part 15
• The Exodus Decoded: An extended review, epilogue

Other Scholarly/Professional Commentary

• Debunking “The Exodus Decoded” – A review by Bryant Wood, Associates for Biblical Research
• The Exodus Debated – An exchange of e-mails between Simcha Jacobovici and Hershel Shanks, publisher of Biblical Archaeology Review
• Viewer Beware: The Exodus Decoded – A review by Ronald Hendel, University of California, Berkeley