Evidence linking Joseph and Israel with the Hyksos… There is a palace in Avaris (Tell El-Dab’a) that has 12 pillars at the entrance and 12 primary tombs at the back. And one of the tombs was in the shape of a pyramid with a statue of a Semitic ruler wearing a multi-colored coat. The remains …
Here are dates according to the Bible… 1Kgs 6:1 1 In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the house of …
Statue head of an Asiatic man from Avaris, 12th-13th dynasty https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File … uched).jpg The only written record of the Hyksos is from Josephus recording what Manetho wrote over a thousand years after the Hyksos dynasty. Manetho portrayed the Hyksos as invaders that conquered through hostile military campaign. One of the earliest sources describing the dynasty …
Another interesting find in Tell El-Dab’a is the four-room house. The four-room house is also known as an “Israelite house”. “A four-room house, also known as an “Israelite house” or a “pillared house” is the name given to the mud and stone houses characteristic of the Iron Age of Levant.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_room_house The house was found …
TRANSPONDER wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 9:36 amI have a theory… …that the writers of Exodus (and Genesis) in Babylon during the exile, trying to invent an origin for themselves and using a lot of Babylonian material, may have used a record of Ahmose I driving the Hyksos out of Egypt into Canaan and recast …
TRANSPONDER wrote: ↑Tue Feb 22, 2022 9:36 am No. Archaeology has no real evidence to support the Exodus -story and quite a bit that throws doubt on it. Yes, it will be challenging to provide empirical evidence to support any of the claims surrounding the Exodus, esp since there are professionals in the field that …
As I’m currently reading through the entire Bible, I happen to be in Isaiah 36 today. And one thing really stood out to me while reading what Rabshakeh said – the Assyrians were masters of propaganda. They were so good at the art of persuasion that even Eliakim responded to him to not speak to …
Let’s discuss next one of the most significant events of the Bible – the Exodus out of Egypt. The Exodus (Hebrew: יציאת מצרים, Yeẓi’at Miẓrayim: lit. ’Departure from Egypt’) is the founding myth[a] of the Israelites.[1] It tells a story of Israelite enslavement and departure from Egypt, revelations at biblical Mount Sinai, and wanderings in the …
TRANSPONDER wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:53 am Major contradictions or discrepancies are, as I explained, ones that bring the credibility of the Bible -narrative into serious question and can’t be easily explained. Obviously if the gospels (for instance) agree on something it is not going to be a discrepancy or contradiction. Also if easily …
[Replying to TRANSPONDER in post #764] I’m looking for an objective definition, rather than examples. Your examples to me are simply minor issues. They have no impact on any doctrinal issues, so under my classification, they would all be minor points. You can even remove all those passages from the Bible and it would have …
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