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"Although there is no record of the precise number that left Egypt in the Exodus, a military census taken not long after listed the number of men 20 years of age and older who could serve in the army as 603,550 (Exodus 38:26). From that number, the total Israelite population of that time has been estimated at approximately 2 to 3 million."
Wouldn't that be at least half the population of Egypt at that time?
And why were there hard fought battles in the Promised Land?
Obviously, with over half a million soldiers, the Hebrews would have very greatly outnumbered the tribes they encountered and simply overwhelmed them by numbers alone, wouldn't they?
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Wouldn't that be at least half the population of Egypt at that time?
Hard to tell. Do you have census statistics for Egypt at that time?
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And why were there hard fought battles in the Promised Land?
They didn't always send out their whole fighting force.
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Obviously, with over half a million soldiers, the Hebrews would have very greatly outnumbered the tribes they encountered and simply overwhelmed them by numbers alone, wouldn't they?
Obviously reality is different from what you assume.
Hard to tell. Do you have census statistics for Egypt at that time?
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Yes.
Another problem is the estimated population of the nation of Israel compared to the estimated population of Egypt at this time. It is estimated that the whole population of Egypt at the time of the exodus was between 2 and 5 million. According to the above estimates of the population of Israel, the people of Israel would be the population of Egypt. [How many came out of the exodus of Egypt, By Jacob Gebhart, Ancient Hebrew Research Center.]
They didn't always send out their whole fighting force.
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If the Hebrews had sufficient manpower but didn't send out a sufficient number to prevaile over the enemy, they weren't very competent militarily, were they? Unless we are dealing with fiction here.
Obviously reality is different from what you assume.
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On the contrary, I can separate reality from fiction evenin the Bible.
Hebrews died all over the world throughout history. How did the author establish these "headstones" were from the members of the Exodus? How many headstones were counted. With several million Hebrews, there must have been quite a number. Was the author the first person to find them?
Is his report credible?
No, not at all. Why do you ask?
You failed to ask.
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If you can't even provide the name of the purported author, we a justified in dismissing the History Channel's report out of hand.
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I supplied the link to the name of the person of interest. Look again above.
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From Wikipedia:
The 2006 History Channel documentary The Exodus Decodedrevived an idea first put forward by the 1st century AD Jewish historian Josephus, identifing the Israelites with the Hyksos, the non-Egyptian rulers of Egypt expelled by the resurgent native Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, c.1550-1530 BC. However, there are numerous difficulties with the theory, and it is not accepted by scholars.[39][40]
"The Hyksos Expulsion, contemporaneous Egyptian records of the driving
out of the mysterious Hyksos people. Jacobovici suggests that the Hyksos and the Hebrews were one and the same, a thesis he supports with
Egyptian-style signet rings uncovered in the Hyksos capital of Avaris (30°
47'14.71"N, 31°49'16.92"E) that read "Yakov/Yakub" (from Yaqub-her),
similar to the Hebrew name of the Biblical patriarch Jacob (Ya'aqov)." The Exodus Decoded - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Hyksos Expulsion, contemporaneous Egyptian records of the driving
out of the mysterious Hyksos people. Jacobovici suggests that the Hyksos and the Hebrews were one and the same, a thesis he supports with
Egyptian-style signet rings uncovered in the Hyksos capital of Avaris (30°
47'14.71"N, 31°49'16.92"E) that read "Yakov/Yakub" (from Yaqub-her),
similar to the Hebrew name of the Biblical patriarch Jacob (Ya'aqov)." The Exodus Decoded - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nice "suggestion" Jacobovici. But not credible. The Hyksos were an entirely different people. Jacobovici's attempt to prove otherwise isn't supported by the evidence.
From Wkipedia:
"Jacobovici's assertions have been extensively criticized both by archaeologists and religious scholars . The criticism addresses each of Jacobovici's claims, as well as his methods in general. Critics point out, among the following:”
Did the Hebrews ever "rule" in Egypt? Did the Bible overlook that "fact.' Perhaps you should read more widely on the subject.
So here's what the Bible claims:
Exodus 12:40,41 “The time that the people of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. And at the end of four hundred and thirty years, on that very day, all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt
Exodus 12:37 “And the people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children"
Thus, the Israelites were suppose to be in Egypt as slaves for hundreds of years and then left (taking Egyption wealth with them).
Yet, there are no Egyptians records of any of this although the Egyptians are know for extensive record keeping.The Bible has the only account of this folklore.
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The ancient Jewish historian Flavius Josephus suggested in his work Contra Apion that the Hyksos were, in fact, the ancient Hebrews.
Many of the theories explored by Jacobovici were previously published in the 1998 book Act of God written by British historian Graham Phillips.
Folklore? That's cute.
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