Redford was the winner of the 1993 ""Best Scholarly Book in Archaeology"" awarded by the Biblical Archaeology Society for his work "Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times". In the book he argues that the experiences of the Hyksos in Egypt became a central foundation of myths in Canaanite culture, leading to the story of Moses. He further argues that almost all the toponymic details in the Exodus story reflect conditions in Egypt not earlier than the Twenty-sixth Dynasty, the Saite period, namely the 7th century BC. Whoever, Redford argues, provided the author of Exodus with these details had no access to Egyptian material earlier than that date. This view was expounded upon in "The Bible Unearthed" by Israel Finkelstein and Neil Silberman.