TIM MAHONEY

Investigative Filmmaker, Author ‘Patterns of Evidence – A Filmmaker’s Journey’

Mahoney has been searching for evidence matching the Bible for nearly 20 years. After a long career in the media industry, he established Thinking Man Films, which released its first feature documentary film Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus in 2015. This film was the winner of multiple awards in film festivals across the country. Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy was released in 2019.

LENNART MÖLLER

DNA Scientist, Author ‘The Exodus Case’

Möller is a former professor of environmental medicine at the renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. In his book, The Exodus Case, as well as in the documentary film The Exodus Revealed, Moller shares his theory about the route of the biblical Exodus to a mountain in modern Saudi Arabia called Jabal al-Lawz.

ISRAEL FINKELSTEIN

Archaeologist – Tel Aviv University

Finkelstein is Co-director of Excavations at Megiddo and Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations at Tel Aviv University. Along with Neil Asher Silberman, he authored the influential book, The Bible Unearthed (2001), which argued that the early history of Israel did not occur as described in the Bible.

JAMES L. PHILLIPS

Egyptologist, Curator – Field Museum

Phillips is Professor of Anthropology Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has spent over five decades working as an archaeologist and anthropologist in the Nile valley and the Sinai region. Since 1995 he has worked as a curator at the world-famous Field Museum as curator of Egyptology and Anthropology.

JURIS ZARINS

Archaeologist, Professor – Missouri State University

Zarins is a retired Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at Missouri State University. He was a former archaeological adviser to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where he led a team of archaeologists on a decade-long survey of the kingdom. Zarins has published numerous research articles on the archaeology of the Near East, with special interest in ancient pastoral nomads. He was chief archaeologist for the Transarabia Expedition which made the famous 1992 discovery of the lost city of Ubar in southern Oman, on the Arabian Peninsula.

BOB CORNUKE

Exodus Explorer, Biblical investigator, Co-Author ‘In Search of the Mountain of God’

Cornuke is a biblical investigator and author of eleven books about his explorations. A former FBI trained police investigator and Los Angeles SWAT team member, he is now the president of the Bible Archaeology Search and Exploration (BASE) Institute. Cornuke’s more than 70 expeditions in the lands of the Bible have led to appearances in television specials on NBC, Fox, ABC, History Channel, CNN, and National Geographic.

DAVID ROHL

Egyptologist, Author ‘Exodus – Myth or History?’

Rohl is a British Egyptologist and former director of the Institute for the Study of Interdisciplinary Sciences. He is best known for his New Chronology first laid out in his book A Test of Time (1995), which revises the chronology of Ancient Egypt allowing for new alignments with biblical events. Rohl has an Egyptology degree from University College London and was Field Director of the Eastern Desert Survey in Egypt. A popular speaker, he is the author of several books and is also a producer, composer and musician.

JAMES K. HOFFMEIER

Egyptologist, Author ‘Ancient Israel in Sinai’

Hoffmeier is Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. For decades he has been a leading voice for the authenticity of the biblical account. Since 1994 he has directed the North Sinai Archaeological Project that is investigating Egypt’s frontier during the New Kingdom and how this area may relate to the Exodus. Frequently appearing on TV programs on history and the Bible, Hoffmeier’s books include Israel in Egypt (1999).

RABBI MANIS FRIEDMAN

Biblical Scholar, Author

Friedman comes from the Chabad Lubavitch branch of Orthodox Judaism. He is a rabbi, author, counselor, and social philosopher. Friedman is a professionally ranked member of the National Speakers Association who has lectured extensively worldwide. He is also the dean and co-founder of the Bais Chana Institute of Jewish Studies. Friedman has authored Doesn’t Anyone Blush Anymore? (1990).

JASON S. DEROUCHIE

Professor of Old Testament, Author ‘How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament’

DeRouchie is Research Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he also directs doctoral dissertations. He was previously an instructor of biblical Hebrew and Old Testament at Bethlehem College and Seminary. DeRouchie has co-authored A Modern Grammar for Biblical Hebrew (2009).

RYAN MAURO

Exodus Explorer, Author, International Security Analyst

Mauro was the Director of the Clarion Intelligence Network, tracking extremist activity throughout the world and reporting information to law enforcement and policymakers. He has made over 2,000 media appearances and has been published and quoted in outlets such as The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and The Hill. Mauro is also the President of the Doubting Thomas Research Foundation, which researches historical evidence for the Exodus and other Biblical events.

PETER PARR

Archaeologist – University College, London

Parr is an archaeologist specializing in the southern Levant. In the 1950s he excavated with Kathleen Kenyon at Jericho and at Petra (Jordan). Best-known for his research into the Nabataean kingdom, in 1967 he discovered the older remains of a site known as Qurayyah, which some have connected with the land of Midian. Later, he was a lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology in London.

BARRY J. BEITZEL

Old Testament Scholar, Geographer, and Cartographer, Author ‘The New Moody Atlas of the Bible’

Beitzel has been professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Trinity Evangelical University since 1983. A recognized leader in his field, he specializes in biblical geography and cartography. His award-winning mapwork appears in many of today’s most popular Bibles, encyclopedias and atlases. He also served as senior translator for the New Living Translation, The Historical Books.

GLEN A. FRITZ

Environmental Geographer, Author ‘The Exodus Mysteries of Midian, Sinai & Jabal al-Lawz’

A former surgeon, Fritz obtained a PhD in Environmental Geography as part of his quest to investigate the biblical exodus from Egypt. Realizing that the location of the miraculous sea crossing was not only a historical mystery, but the chief clue for the route to Mount Sinai, Fritz pursued the topic for his 2006 doctoral dissertation, entitled The Lost Sea of the Exodus.

DUANE A. GARRETT

Professor of Old Testament Interpretation, Author ‘A Commentary on Exodus’ 

Garrett is the John R. Sampey Professor of Old Testament at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Besides his commentary on Exodus, he has written many books and articles including co-authoring A Modern Grammar for Biblical Hebrew (2009) with Jason DeRouchie and serving as the general editor for The Archaeology Study Bible from Zondervan Press.

ROSS PATTERSON

Exodus Explorer, Biblical Researcher

Patterson is an explorer and lay pastor who has been involved in freelance Middle Eastern research in Turkey, Egypt and Israel since 1999. He has visited Jabal al Lawz in Saudi Arabia, and personally dived over 120 times at the proposed Exodus sea crossing site of Nuweiba Beach, using underwater metal detectors and depth-sounding equipment.

CHARLES R. KRAHMALKOV

Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Languages – University of Michigan

Krahmalkov is a Professor Emeritus of Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Literature at the University of Michigan. His specialty is Phoenician and Punic language and epigraphy, for which he has published a grammar book. He received his PhD from Harvard, taught at UCLA, and has published extensively in such scholarly publications as the Journal of Semitic Studies and the Journal of Near Eastern Studies.

DONALD B. REDFORD

Egyptologist – Penn State University, Author ‘Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times’

A Canadian Egyptologist and archaeologist, Redford was the editor of The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. He was also given the award for “Best Scholarly Book in Archaeology” for his work Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times. Currently Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Pennsylvania State University, Redford has directed a number of important excavations in Egypt, notably at Karnak, Mendes and the Kedwa (Qedua) fortress on Egypt’s eastern border.

MORI (RABBI) MICHAEL BAR-RON

Torah Scholar, Author, Funded Researcher of Proto-Sinaitic Paleography

Bar-Ron is a publishing Torah scholar living in Israel. He is a lifelong student of Torah and science, specializing in communicating the rational genius, deep antiquity, and breathtaking structure of the Torah. He was trained at the Shehebar Sephardic Center in Jerusalem and had years of tutelage under rabbis and scholars of Sephardic and Yemenite Maimonidean tradition. His books include, Guide For the Noahide (2009), Oral Torah From Sinai (2011), and Song of the Creator (2015).

PETER VAN DER VEEN

Adjunct Professor of Biblical Archaeology – Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

Van der Veen is an Old Testament scholar and biblical archaeologist. He has published numerous articles on the archaeology and epigraphy of the ancient Hebrews. Van de Veen is best known for his work on the Berlin Statue Pedestal Relief (containing the earliest-known mention of Israel) and the recent Mt. Ebal curse tablet (with the oldest-known reference to Israel’s God, Yahweh). He has co-authored the book In Search of the Biblical Patriarchs (2022).

JOEL RICHARDSON

Exodus Explorer, Filmmaker, Teacher, Author ‘Mount Sinai in Arabia’

Richardson is a New York Times bestselling author, filmmaker, and teacher. He is a human rights activist, and an expert on biblical prophecy, Islam, and the Middle East. Richardson travels globally teaching on the gospel, living with biblical hope, the return of Jesus, and preparing the Church to face the great challenges of our time. He hosts the popular YouTube program, The Underground with Joel Richardson.

LOGAN KIESEWETTER

Exodus Explorer, Biblical Researcher

Kieswetter is a media specialist, graphic artist, and musician. He has dedicated his life to the search of biblical evidence and has traveled to multiple locations related to proposed Exodus routes. In 2022, Kieswetter visited a popular alternate candidate for Mount Sinai – Jabal al Lawz in Saudi Arabia.

BRYANT G. WOOD

Archaeologist, Associates For Biblical Research

Wood began his career as an engineer working with then worked nuclear reactors. In 1985 he earned a Ph.D. in Syro-Palestinian archaeology from the University of Toronto, specializing in Canaanite pottery of the Late Bronze Age. Wood is a biblical archaeologist best known for directing excavations at Khirbet el-Maqatir, a city which may supplant the traditional location of biblical Ai, referred to in the Book of Joshua 7-8.