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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-09-11 07:19 pm

[ SECRET POST #2809 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2809 ⌋

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[personal profile] 4thofeleven 2014-09-12 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
Nothing on the scale depicted in Exodus. The only contemporay Egyptian reference to Jews is a single monument that lists "Israel" as one of a number of tribes defeated by the Pharaoh's armies. Whle you can't expect the Egyptians to record a defeat on the level of Exodus, a mass movement of people should leave some evidence.

There's also the problem that, for much of the Egyptian new kingdom - the period Exodus is generally dated to - Egypt ruled what's now Israel, Palestine and Lebanon. It would be rather odd for a large slave revolt to flee Egypt proper only to find refuge in another part of their empire!

There is some evidence, though, that the name Moses is of Egyptian origin, so there's probably something to the story, some real person with ties to both Egypt and Israel who did something impressive. But the modern Exodus story wasn't written down until six centuries after the supposed time of Moses, during the Babylonian Exile, so that's more than enough time for the details to end up massively exaggerated and changed.
Edited 2014-09-12 08:16 (UTC)