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The Amarna letters are not good supporting evidence for you. Just the opposite I'm afraid. They include diplomatic correspondence to leaders throughout the Middle East/Turkey/Greece. One of the great confirmations of the Egyptian calendar is how they can tie Egyptian time periods with Babylonian and Hittite and Hellenistic time periods.jester32 wrote: [Replying to post 15 by Kenisaw]
There is plenty of evidence for the Israelites in Canaan from 1407 B.C. onwards. I suggest you read Chapter 6 of my book at: http://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/c62dc8_68 ... efb3da.pdf
I think you would be amazed at the evidence if you did. It would not take long to read it. And that chapter gives only an overview of the evidence. David Rohl has written many books that give solid evidence for the Bible.
Yes, there is no evidence that there was a contemporary conquest of Canaan. In fact almost everything indicates a drawn out occupation. That said, I think it likely that there was a gradual migration of a people indigenous to the Levant, to Egypt, and a return some generations later.Kenisaw wrote:The Amarna letters are not good supporting evidence for you. Just the opposite I'm afraid. They include diplomatic correspondence to leaders throughout the Middle East/Turkey/Greece. One of the great confirmations of the Egyptian calendar is how they can tie Egyptian time periods with Babylonian and Hittite and Hellenistic time periods.jester32 wrote: [Replying to post 15 by Kenisaw]
There is plenty of evidence for the Israelites in Canaan from 1407 B.C. onwards. I suggest you read Chapter 6 of my book at: http://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/c62dc8_68 ... efb3da.pdf
I think you would be amazed at the evidence if you did. It would not take long to read it. And that chapter gives only an overview of the evidence. David Rohl has written many books that give solid evidence for the Bible.
You'd have to rewrite the calendar for all kingdoms and civilizations throughout that whole part of the world if you change the Egyptian calendar.
And, of course, there is still the very glaring problem of zero evidence or data for the massive movement of slaves from Egypt to the east.
The Exodus simply didn't happen.
: famine in the Levant drives people to Egypt with it's dependable Nile water and fertility. Egypt says, "fine, you're welcome to stay....and work on a few small building projects we're working on." Desperate, they agree. Then later, news starts coming in that things back home are once again milk and honey. After a few failed attempts, a good sized desperate contingent with their backs to the Red Sea, is able to defeat Pharaoh's follow-on thugs. They set up a temporary flotilla of boats on which they and some follow on "escapees" are ferried across. All this emboldens further emigration to the east of Egypt, setting up a steady stream of emigres to conquer what was to become Israel. 
The one thing that does it for me in particular, is the complete absence of any mention, in the archaeological record of surrounding nations, of a famine in Egypt and subsequent exodus of the local slave population.One thing puts the lie to the traditional Exodus story
Don't forget - Aaron, brother of Moses, was the one who made the calf...and yet he isn't killed when Moses comes down the mountain.-in a matter of days, they make a golden calf and begin worshiping it, ostensibly in full view of said pillar
Of course not, he was Moses' brother. What better evidence could we have that an elite double-standard was in play--something you'd think no just God would put up with. But that's irrelevant given the people's disregard of the pillar while worshiping the golden calf. The whole thing is irrational.rikuoamero wrote: [Replying to post 23 by ThePainefulTruth]
The one thing that does it for me in particular, is the complete absence of any mention, in the archaeological record of surrounding nations, of a famine in Egypt and subsequent exodus of the local slave population.One thing puts the lie to the traditional Exodus story
Think about it. We're told that the plagues basically wipe out Egypt's food supplies (such as the cows being killed several times over, figure that one out!), so Egypt's citizens should have been in a panic. They should have been desperate to buy food from elsewhere.
What I would expect to see is an influx of Egyptian gold and treasures in a short period of time in surrounding nations. The Egyptians would have been desperate to not starve to death, so they would have been willing to pay over the nose.
Don't forget - Aaron, brother of Moses, was the one who made the calf...and yet he isn't killed when Moses comes down the mountain.-in a matter of days, they make a golden calf and begin worshiping it, ostensibly in full view of said pillar
[Replying to post 23 by ThePainefulTruth]
Not a likely scenario I'm afraid. There's evidence that workers on projects were paid labor, and ate quite well. There's no evidence that a sudden, massive exit of workers ever hit the Egyptian economy. I don't know where the tale comes from exactly, but it's just a tale.
Then please explain the absence of all archaeological evidence of the actual exodus ... where are the burials, the kitchen middens, the fire pits, etc.?jester32 wrote: My Response: The evidence shows otherwise.
I read enough of it to know it's fringe thinking, nothing more than an attempt to mold Bible timelines to actual reality.jester32 wrote: I think you would be amazed at the evidence if you did. It would not take long to read it. And that chapter gives only an overview of the evidence. David Rohl has written many books that give solid evidence for the Bible.
Grimal wrote that the Sothic ivory tablet is useless chronologically.My Response: The Amarna letters do support the lowering of Egyptian chronology by up to 350 years. There is excellent evidence from Babylonian chronology that the Egyptian chronology should be thus lowered. This includes lunar dating, eclipse dating, and Sothic dating. These things rule out the standard Egyptian chronology.
