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Is there any evidence accepted by the majority of eminent Historians Scholars and Archaeologists that the Exodus actually happened?
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The short answer to this question is 'No'. Why? - They don't WANT to.
Since the majority of eminent historians, scholars, etc are not Christian they cannot be expected to find evidence to support their non-belief; since this majority of eminent historians, scholars, etc don't believe the Bible, they cannot be expected to find evidence to support the Bible; and facts are massaged to fit , and if they don't fit they are ignored.
(For example, they do not believe the original archaeological findings of the 'dig' at the site of ancient Jericho that the walls did fall down flat , that there was one section that didn't, and that it occurred at such-and-such a time. It was re-dated and 'spin-doctored' into a later date and there was no possible correlation with the Biblical facts.)
To answer the question, 'Yes, there is factual evidence that the Exodus occurred, but it is not accepted by the majority ( and especially among the christians) to avoid rocking the boat and having to accept that the Bible just might be true.'
Yes, there is plenty of evidence.
They look in the wrong time-frame for the Exodus event and so fail to find the evidence which is there. the Bible clearly indicates around 1440 BC for the Exodus (based on 1 Kings 6:1) with a conquest around 1400 BC. Yet most scholars look around 1230-50 BC and so find no evidence since the few cities that were destroyed (after all, they did want to live in them if they could) are no longer there to be found. The key words here are "majority of eminent..."
The answer to hour question is; there's no evidence accepted by majority of eminent (etc) that the Exodus actually happened.
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∙ 8y ago
There is ongoing debate among scholars and archaeologists about the historicity of the Exodus story. While some believe there may be some archaeological evidence supporting certain elements of the story, such as the presence of Israelites in Egypt, the majority consensus is that there is not enough conclusive evidence to confirm the Exodus as described in The Bible.
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∙ 8y agoThe Bible clearly indicates around 1440 BC for the Exodus (based on 1 Kings 6:1) with a conquest around 1400 BC. Therefore if there had been a unified conquest of Canaan close to this timeframe, it would be accepted by eminent historians, scholars and archaeologists as evidence of the biblical Exodus.
One problem is that the Amarna letters prove conclusively that the Canaanite petty kings still ruled the Canaanite cities decades after this date. Another is that there is no evidence in the Egyptian records that there was a disruption to daily life or commerce, or that an entire army was destroyed in the Late Bronze Age. Also, there is no time in the entire Late Bronze Age when enough cities were destroyed to provide evidence of a unified conquest. Individual Canaanite cities were destroyed at various times by the Philistines or internal warfare, but this is not consistent with the biblical account. Historians and scholars have no choice but to conclude that there never was an Exodus from Egypt as described in the Bible.
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∙ 8y agoThe majority of scholars? No. But there are some who do acknowledge the events of the Exodus. Professor John van Seters (Journal of Egyptian Archaeology no. 50) points out that the Ipuwer papyrus describes Egypt's experiencing the Plagues ("Pestilence is throughout the land....the river is blood"). The plagues were also described by ancient historians, including Herodotus and Diodorus. The Exodus is mentioned by Strabo, Berosus, Artapanus, Numenius, Justin, and Tacitus.See the link:
But in any case, few nations are content to record embarrassing setbacks honestly. Even today, British and American textbooks describe the American Revolution in very different ways.
An example of the above principle:
The destruction of Sennacherib's army at the walls of Jerusalem was denied by secular theorists, because the Assyrians made no mention of it. But then it was found that Berosus and Herodotus both state that Sennacherib's military campaign in Judea ended in plague and defeat. It should not surprise us that the Assyrians themselves didn't record their own losses.
It is only the Hebrew Bible, because of its Divine origin, that exposes the faults of its own people and even magnifies them.
In no other religious text can one find such openness. None of the Israelites were immune to strong criticism: Abraham (Genesis 16:5), Reuben (Gen.ch.35), Simeon and Levi (Gen.ch.34 and 49), Judah (Gen.ch.38), Joseph's brothers (Gen.ch.37), Moses (Numbers ch.20), Aaron (Exodus 32:2-4), Samson (Judges 14:1-3), Eli's sons (1 Samuel 2:12), Samuel's sons (1 Samuel 8:1-3), Saul (1 Samuel ch.15), David (2 Samuel ch.11-12), Solomon (1 Kings ch.11), and many others.
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