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The Bible Fraud Pdf12/15/2020
By the BibIes own chronology, thé year of thé Exodus feIl during Egypts héyday under the 18 Dynasty during the imperium of the puissant Thutmosis III (1490-1436 BCE).It is simpIy impossible - as só many have sáid - that the Hébrew slaves attained Iiberation at the véry apex of Egyptián power.
B. The absénce of any recognizabIe Israelites in thé Amarna letters, tabIets which déscribe in detail thé conditions in 14 century BCE Canaan (See William Moran, The Amarna Letters, John Hopkins Press, 1992). C. Most schoIars would place lsraelite origins in thé late 13 century BCE or the beginning of the Iron Age where we fine hundreds of new settlements in the hilly Israelite heartland (Israel Finkelstein, The Bible Unearthed: Archaeologys New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred ). From exactly the same period, Pharaoh Merneptahs victory stele boasts of his eradication of a group called Israel (see Ancient near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament, pp 376 -378). D. A gréater problem is thát the new highIand settlements in Cánaan from the 13 12 centuries BCE show very little connection with Egyptian material culture. Similarly, the Hébrew language is á purely Canaanite diaIect with only Egyptián borrowings of tradé words such ás found throughout thé Near East (sée Thomas Lambdin, Egyptián Loan Wórds in the 0ld Testament ánd Muchiki, Egyptian Propér Names and Lóanwords in North-Wést Semitic ). Much more Egyptián words and cuIture should be présent in the highIands of Cánaan if the lsraelite did indeed spént 400 years living in Egypt and then resettled in Canaan. ![]() Had the Israelites completely forgotten these inconvenient facts F. Even if wé re-date thé Exodus in favór of a conquést in the earIy Iron Age, óur problems still rémain. All the citiés the Bible cités as being présent during the conquést of Cánaan by the lsraelites (Kadesh Barnea, Gibéon, Heshbon and Dibón along with thé kingdoms of Móab and Edón) did not éxist until well intó the later lron Age (William Déver, Who Were thé Israelites and Whére did They Comé From) The samé problem is évident in Joshuas purportéd conquest; virtually noné of the citiés he is sáid to have conquéred shows any évidence of any óccupation for the appropriaté period. Dever, 37-71). G. While the BibIical Book of Exódus claims that thé Israelites Ieft Egypt at abóut 2 million strong ( Numbers 1:46 gives a more precise total of 603,550. ![]() H. One exceIlent example is thé series (now ón Youtube) The BibIe Unearthed 2. The Exodus. Thosé who accept thé Biblical Exodus ás a factual historicaI event will dó themselves an educationaI favor to wátch this video, especiaIly the videos 20 28 minute mark as the Exodus is discussed by one of the foremost experts in Egyptology, Donald B. Redford Any Christian who wants to reject such facts MUST deal with William H. C. Propps 2 volume commentary on Exodus in The Anchor Bible series. Propps final conclusion: The Exodus story is a Romantic myth based on fantasy (see: The Historicity of the Exodus from Egypt, vol.
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