Egyptians were probably glad to see such an intelligent and resourceful people leave. It will be after God overthrows the Throne of Kings and its army of chariots and horsemen. Joshua 24:29 ; Judges 2:8 And Joshua the son of Nundied, being a 110 years old., Clement: As the book of Joshua relates, the above mentioned man was the successor of Moses 27 [ actual 25] years, Clement: After the close of Mosess life, Joshua succeeded to the leadership of the people, and he, after warring for 65 years, rested in the good land other 25. [Corrected by Josephus], Josephus, Antiquities, 5.1.29: So Joshua, when he had thus discoursed to them, died, having lived a 110 years; 40 of which he lived with Moses, He also became their commander after his death for 25 years., Judges 3:11 And the land had rest 40 years. You doubters can call it hogwash if you like. Akhenaten left thebes and built his new capital in the desert. Archer, Gleason L. A Survey of Old Testament Introduction, Chicago: Moody Press, 1964, p. 164, (1974 edition. In reality, the early Olympiads, which contained 4 years of 10 months each, first started when Ahaz reigned in his first year in Jerusalem, in 741 B.C. The resident Canaanites had changed also. More, December 8 is the FEast of Immaculate Conception.People have a short memory. The cities mentioned in the exodus story seem to exist in that time, and Ai was inhabited 1200-1050 BCE. Thus you have two archaeological events that coordinate to when we must date the Exodus or at least include as a potential date for the Exodus rather than the popular dates for the Exodus, which lack critical evidence for the Exodus that dating the Exodus at the time of Akhenaten provides. 1070 B.C. (d) I Kings 6:1 says Temple began 480 years after the Exodus. But early dating and not Sothic dating must be used for dating Akhenaten. The Egyptian origin of the story is also emphasized by the name of Moses. The Book of Exodus says that his name is derived from the Hebrew verb moshe, which means to draw out. However, mose or moses is also a very common Egyptian patronymic, as in Tutmoses, meaning son of Tut.. (17) God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines.--In Exodus 13:17-19 the writer interposes some parenthetic remarks, which are not a continuation of the narrative interrupted (Exodus 12:42), but rather reflections that occur to him.The starting point of the journey being Tanis or Rameses, in the Eastern Delta, not far from the sea, he sees that . ), or it is just figurative (to cheat the enemy?). The Hyksos were able to enter Egypt easily shortly after the Exodus because of the devastation that the 10 plagues caused and the Ipuwer Manuscript describes this time. The most reliable of these historians, tells us that Homer died 90 years before the first Olympiad (Clement of Alexandria, Miscellanies 1.15, 1.21). These Babylonian linguistic tablets from the Philistines to Egypt are to be dated to circa 1384 B.C., when: 1) Ehud, the son of Gera, of the tribe of Benjamin, delivers the Israelites from Eglon (Judges 3:16 -20); and 2) Shamgar, the son of Anath, kills 600 Palestinian men with an ox goad the same year (Judges 3:31). Its a second or third hand tale. Thus, the Tell Amarna tablets become a type of formula for prayers or requests to the fabricated deities Apollo (Horus) and Diana (Acenchres), for deliverance from the Jews, and the One True Faith in GOD, the GOD of Israel. A workers house from western Thebes also seems to support a 13th-century Exodus. [7] The one thing that is plainly evident from the inscriptions of this pharaoh's reign is the major threat to Egypt posed by the coalition of maritime nations . At the predetermined time, the open court of the great temple, with the Pharaoh and his viziers at the forefront, became overcrowded with people, who came to the capital city of Egypt to see the wizards battle. What the Israelites built. In 46 B.C., the Greeks adopted the standard Roman or Julian calendar of 365 days. Yet you must make the same number of clay blocks." 19 The Hebrew men who made the people work knew that they were in trouble because they were told, "You must make the same number of clay blocks each day." 20 When they came from Pharaoh, they met Moses and Aaron who were waiting for them. I think exodus started in 1159 BC, 10 days after the spring equinox, when there was a lunar eclipse. Would you use the DaVinci Code to prove the events in Humpty Dumpty took place? Under his leadership, says Josephus in Against Apion 1.14, while citing Manetho, 480,000 Egyptians rallied around the city of Avaris, and expelled the Hyksos families of those who perished in the Red Sea with their king, Assiss (Asehre Khamudi). When the faithful woman was nearing her time, and in the midst of her oppressive feeling of fear, she was ordered by Allah that she would give birth to a baby son, and that if she feared danger she should nurse him and then cast him into the river! This was a 12 year quest and worth a look if you want a visual of what has been written here. For instance, the names of three places that appear in the biblical account of Israels Exodus from Egypt correspond to Egyptian place names from the Ramesside Period (13th11th centuries B.C.E.). No? 828 B.C. The Protectorate of Lycurgus - 828 B.C. She is thus dismissed in the major discussion even though she is providing the most direct archaeological dating for the Exodus. Now 1031 1032 B.C. And I could go on with EVIDENCE AND FACT! Maybemaybe not. Of course thinking something sounds plausible is really different than knowing it factually. Therefore, for Solomon to dedicate the Temple in the fourth year of his reign (2 Kings 6:1), and for it to be 480 years after coming into the land from the Exodus: the Exodus entry into Canaan must date to ca. A more compelling case might be based upon landmarks and events and people which can be verified. Moses went with her, met the old man, and told him his story. Not even down to 1000BC or 800BC do we find any writings at all? But Clement also cites the Greek historian Eratosthenes, who appears to phrase an oversight to historians. She was worshipped with song and dance and drunken revelry. launched a major military program in the Levant. Also a whole, free city (Avaris) civilization of Semites arrive and grew in the period buried beneath city of Rameses. The Bible says the pharaoh of the Exodus would have ruled for less than 40 years. That would be pretty exciting. 2) The lack of evidence from the time of Moses in Egypt to the time of deliverance after getting the 10 Commandments is NOT proof that these events happened. In Bietaks article, the scholarly debate about the archaeological remains and the onomastic data of Wadi Tumilat is more elaborately treated. We have arrival, wealth, slavery period, Hebrew names, Hebrews leaving Egypt, written description of plague effects, invasion of Egypt with no defense, conquering of Canaan. When the army reached the middle of the road, Allah crashed the sea down, and they all were drowned. Answer (1 of 18): After the last of the Israelites left Egypt with Moses/Amenmesse during the summer of 1208 B.C.,Egypt was in chaos. Who was Pharaoh after the Exodus? It really doesnt bother me or diminish my faith either way. Ramses came along more than a hundred years after the Atenism was suppressed. They came to live in Egypt, as we have seen, when the familys most brilliant member, Joseph, was occupying one of the highest offices in the land, and their number was constantly increasing throughout the following centuries until they became a distinguished ethnic group in Egypts demography. 'daughter of Pharaoh') in the story of the finding of Moses in the biblical Book of Exodus is an important, albeit minor, figure in Abrahamic religions.Though some variations of her story exist, the general consensus among Jews, Christians, and Muslims is that she is the adoptive mother of the prophet Moses. This datum would suggest the Exodus has to be AFTER the arrival of the Philistines in Canaan, circa 1174 BC. The point of the narrative is to bring out the significance of this birth in the history of Israel and to stress the value of trust in God even in adversity and apparent disappointment. It was during the Hyksos period that the Israelites were expelled from Egypt. is pre-Olympic history to the Greeks. This same victory is recorded in Judges 13:1, which the biblical record of successions tells us, is 331 years AFTER THE EXODUS. Even to this day the exact place where Pharaoh's dead body was found afloat on the surface of the sea is known. Pharaoh of the Exodus: Rameses III. The days from the end of Dec. to the beginning of March, were not assigned to any month at all. It is entirely important that we know that 741 B.C., like the Diaspora of 586 B.C., be a fixed year and immutable. It also casts a light of importance on the double reckoning as well, because to Eratosthenes, the descent of the Heraclidae is a major calculable event in Greek history. Perhaps Rameses III is the Pharaoh of the Exodus, or some Pharaoh after him, like Rameses VI, circa 1130 BC? His cartouche exists in the southern Sinai at the Egyptian shrine dedicated to the cow-goddess Hat-Hor, who gave birth at day break to the sun as a Golden Calf, that became a mature bull at sunset to impregnate his mother Hat-Hor, the sky-goddess in bovine form. (I Kings 2:11). Aaron was absolved of the sin, and it became clear that it was Al-Samerie who was responsible for the aberration. Many years passed before Allah ordered Moses to lead the Children of Israel out of Egypt. What is that Lord of the existence? The Egyptian king is the principal villain of the Exodus story. A:Exodus 14:28 says that the pharaoh of the Exodus drowned in pursuit of the fleeing Israelites. 3. Exodus 1:11 records that the sons of Israel "built for pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses." This was followed, again, by a 480-year gap between the entry into the Promised Land by Joshua, and the Temple of Solomons dedication. The Babylonian language entered the land with distinction in ca. This favors fact, so the question becomes, When did the Exodus happen? The presence of such a house in Egypt during the 12th century B.C.E. I thought recent underwater research had located suspect chariots from the exodus abandoned at what would have been a crossing point; could not wood samples of this be used to determine a carbon date for the wood used in construction (assuming that it is not buried extremely deep) in the Red Sea? And that is all that can be done. Yet if you go with Israel Finkelsteins anlaysis, top Israeli archaeologist, the Hebrews really emerged by a socio-religious fusion from the Canaanites. He claimed to be a god. He boasts of defeating them. Moses fled towards the end of Thutmoses reign c.1432 BC. It seems like something that scribes in Babylonian Captivity would be well acquainted with, especially since where they dwell, clay brick and straw construction projects are typical of a different river valley. Im going to assume from this point that nobody has told you that it is nonsense, and you may have been ignorant to its veracity. Amenemhat's childless daughter, Sobekneferu (possibly the princess of Exodus 2:5-10 ), marked the sudden end of the . The primitive manner in which the culture existed for millennia (polygamy,marketing of slaves and keeping multiple sex slaves etc) and their lack of understanding of even basic natural law clearly reveal the source for the mythology. The Israelite departure from Egypt was a hurried one. A fictionor fact is a false dilemma. Of note, is that the British archaeologist, Dame Kenyon, noted that the last wall of ancient Jericho had been destroyed circa 1550 BC and attributed the citys fall to Ahmose I (Ahmoses I) and his Egyptian army that pursued after the Hyksos and conquered Canaan. 3) There is absolutely NO historical writing, negative events in Egypt (population, economically or otherwise) documented to support Exodus and 4) the origin of the Exodus story has been clearly defined in archaeological evidence from a broader and more believable amalgamation of multiple pre-history stories of the Canaan peoples and their involvement with other Egyptian and African cultures. The river was not less kind with the baby than his mother, though it moored the sarcophagus at the very shores where the Pharaohs palace stood. It is estimated that over a million Russian Jews emigrated in a space of 5 years. , Clement: The people having sinned again, were delivered to the Ammonites 18 years All people have some creation story, but few seem to know their origins (e.g. This is my theory. In 1970s totally assimilated, non-religious, non-circumcised Jews got up and left the totalitarian Soviet Union. Finkelstein also mentions a general destruction in the Late Iron age 1. Furthermore, geographical Egypt as we see it today was not always united under the same ruler. But this Pharaoh could not have been the ruler at the time of the Exodus! The Judahite tribes stayed in Midian Arabia with Moses father in law Jethro for about 15 years. By an analogy, the fall of Devil Empire on December 8,1991-Bialoviezha Accord (Yeltci,@Bialorus, and Ukraine PMs) made a coup contra Gorbatchev! Well said Brother D, see you on that day! Language actually started with the Israelites in Egypt after Joseph and then Jacob/sons arrived. If you translate the Hebrew its Sea of Reeds, in other words, it isnt nor was it ever the Red Sea. Much of their army had just been destroyed. Part of the evidence was a drastic reduction in wine seals from this period. The Lord miraculously allowed the children of Israel to pass through the Red Sea on dry ground to escape, while the . No place in Egypt was deemed a safe refuge, of course, and so Moses was obliged to leave the Pharaohs entire domain. This arrogant mindset guaranteed a clash between Pharaoh and Moses. Why not just admit the obvious instead of trying to prove this complete fairy tale of Moses being true? When the entity (or their agents) offering protection and salvation is portrayed as having committed countless acts of ethnocentric and even planetary genocide; and threatens to return and repeat the same; you can be certain it is not a moral, intelligent being of any sort. The period from August 1980, Gdansks Strike to that date an exodus is an interpretation but very rational and historical or one must believe in a chance. A warm spring, situated in its vicinity, is also still called the Bath of Pharaoh (Hammam Fir'awn) after Pharaoh. In short, they magnify the mighty acts of God into clear and unambiguous demonstrations of his power. Allah ordered Moses to cast off his stick, and when Moses did, the stick turned into a snake, which terrified Moses and stirred him to take to his heel and never to turn around. But Allah calmed him down, and gave him another Sign of His: Push your hand into your pocket; when you get it out, it shall appear of pure white color; these are two proofs to the Pharaoh and his people, who are a dissipated folk. (Julius Africanus, Fragment 15). My premise was that the Egyptian religion prior to that time was inclusive and absorbed gods and myths from surrounding subject people. We can also perceive the power of IDEOLOGY thru ancient Myths, Lore and Fables on the population of the world presently. But they still were there, and were considered, and noted. These two cities are quite possibly the biblical Ramses and Pithom. A National Geographic team has made the first ascent of the remote Mount Michael, looking for a lava lake in the volcanos crater. Answer (1 of 8): In the 78th chapter of the Book of Jasher it says: 37 And Moses did so, and he lifted up his rod upon the sea and divided it. , Judges 12:13-14 And after him Abdon judged Israel8 years., Clement: Then Eglom of Ephraim, 8 years The truth then (as now) for any historical account lies somewhere in between these. Even in Egyptian sources, the Semitic name for the Lakes of Pithom was used instead of the original Egyptian name. Persephone, Demeter, and Hades; Sukkot, are specific examples, of the purpose of the calendar. 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