The “Truth” of the Exodus

On the second day of Pesach, Rabbi Gorin challenged us to consider David Wolpe’s commentary on the historical truth of the Exodus story (click here to read Rabbi Wolpe’s essay at Beliefnet.com). We had a pretty lively discussion with representative opinions across the spectrum from “Yes, the Exodus happened exactly as it says in the Torah” to “The Truth of Passover is in the story, whether fact or fiction”.

You can voice your opinion using the poll in the right sidebar, and, please, add your comments on this topic here.

ps – Beliefnet had a poll on this question, and their choices and results were:

  • Happened as the Bible describes (45%)
  • Is not so much historical as it is a metaphor for God’s power (35%)
  • Is false (20%)