Israel Population Growth

In the fall of 1996 the author enrolled in a graduate course at Sacred Heart Major Seminary entitled Method & Pentateuch (course #SS-521). During the course the instructor implied that the Exodus of Israel from Egypt had to be myth because the birth rate of children per woman during Israel stay in Egypt had to be so high (10, 11, 12 children per woman) and this is a unreasonable high birth rate per woman.

This book will address the question "Can anyone make the claim that the Exodus of Israel from Egypt is myth based on the singular argument that the birth rate of children per woman during Israel stay in Egypt is so high (10, 11, 12 children per woman) and therefore is unreasonable."

The answer begins by asking the question what birth rate of children per woman during Israel stay in Egypt is required to obtain Israel population growth described in Genesis to Exodus. The author examines this question utilizing two methods: a machine design analysis of Israel population growth from Genesis to Exodus and a statistical numerical analysis of Israel population growth from Genesis to Exodus.

The machine design analysis requires a birth rate of 3.366 to 4.252 children per woman to obtain Israel population growth from Genesis to Exodus. The statistical numerical analysis requires a birth rate of 3.540 to 4.167 children per woman of to obtain Israel population growth from Genesis to Exodus.

The claim that the Exodus of Israel from Egypt is myth based on the singular argument that the birth rate required of children per woman during Israel stay in Egypt is so high (10, 11, 12 children per woman) is mathematically invalid.