15 Feb '19 19:00>3 edits
I realize that this is a hot topic, both on a religious level and a political level. After all, Egypt has a lot to lose politically if it is proven that the Hebrew people were slaves for all those years, so as a result, not everyone is after the truth here. At least we can all agree on that I think. Also, those who either hate the Bible or don't believe in it have a lot to gain by disproving it or not having evidence for it.
So what evidence does anyone have, if any? Also, if the Hebrew people did not come from Egypt, where did they come from or where they always in Israel? If the later, this also has political ramifications as Palestinians would be threatened politically if it were proven that the Hebrew people had control of the land for a long, long period of time.
One documentary I saw was perhaps the most compelling one that showed evidence for the Exodus. It was called, "Patterns of Evidence: Exodus", by Tim Mahoney.
The general premise of the documentary is this, the date for the Exodus was far earlier than the time of Pharaoh Ramseys. This is why archeologists were looking for the Exodus during his reign.
Exodus 1: 11: The Israelites, as slaves, worked under tight taskmasters’ commands to build the treasure cities of Pharaoh, the Pithom and the Rameses.
Exodus 12:37: The people of Israel, 600,000 thousand men on foot and unknown number of children, journeyed from the place called Rameses to another place called Succoth
Now if the Exodus happened earlier than the time of Ramseys, there is archeological evidence for the Hebrew people, but no evidence for them during or after the era of Ramseys.
From my vantage point, it appears that the story was written down well after the Exodus, after the era of Ramseys as they simply used the name of the city during the time when it was written down.
So what evidence does anyone have, if any? Also, if the Hebrew people did not come from Egypt, where did they come from or where they always in Israel? If the later, this also has political ramifications as Palestinians would be threatened politically if it were proven that the Hebrew people had control of the land for a long, long period of time.
One documentary I saw was perhaps the most compelling one that showed evidence for the Exodus. It was called, "Patterns of Evidence: Exodus", by Tim Mahoney.
The general premise of the documentary is this, the date for the Exodus was far earlier than the time of Pharaoh Ramseys. This is why archeologists were looking for the Exodus during his reign.
Exodus 1: 11: The Israelites, as slaves, worked under tight taskmasters’ commands to build the treasure cities of Pharaoh, the Pithom and the Rameses.
Exodus 12:37: The people of Israel, 600,000 thousand men on foot and unknown number of children, journeyed from the place called Rameses to another place called Succoth
Now if the Exodus happened earlier than the time of Ramseys, there is archeological evidence for the Hebrew people, but no evidence for them during or after the era of Ramseys.
From my vantage point, it appears that the story was written down well after the Exodus, after the era of Ramseys as they simply used the name of the city during the time when it was written down.