Moxy have you actually read David's books?
"the evidence for this is suspicious-looking but i havent investigated enough to debunk it well."
How do you know it should be debunked if you haven't read it?
His goal seems to be not to show the bible is from god but merely to show that some of the events mentioned in the previously cosidered to be bunk are in fact based on real events.
He shows that the reasons historians have rejected the exodus and other stories are based on assumptions made in the past in identifing the pharaoh Shishak mentioned in the bible, whom he equates with RamessesII in stead of the usual Shoshenk.
He presents compelling evidence for this .
This changes the time framwork in which ancient Isreal is usually placed into an earlier period where much evidence supports the reality of an Isreali conquest of the promised land.
David Rohl is an archeologist with degrees in Eygytology and Ancient History and applies proper methology to his arguments,not some pusedoscientist.
I will post more on his reaserch when I have time.