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The Exodus was the formative experience in the early history of the Jewish people. The event, the people, and the places figure among the most familiar and awe-inspiring passages in the entire Bible. Divergent traditions abound identifying the route of the 40 year wandering and the location of significant occurrences. Scholars continue to grapple with the where and when of the Exodus. In this issue, four scholars bring their insights to the puzzles of Sinai and the Exodus. In “Has Mt. Sinai Been Found?” Emmanuel Anati places the holy mountain on the Negev-Sinai border, at a site called Har Karkom where he has been excavating. His evidence: campsites, altars, temples and an abundance of rock drawings of figures and symbols that Anati associates with Exodus events.