SSTF to No Stupid Questions • 1 year agoWhat inaccurate historical factoid do you just go with?message-square76arrow-up175arrow-down14
arrow-up171arrow-down1message-squareWhat inaccurate historical factoid do you just go with?SSTF to No Stupid Questions • 1 year agomessage-square76
minus-square@ReginaPhalangelink7•1 year agoMan, this one is infuriating for me, and I’m Jewish. It’s like we based an entire religion out of this lie - every aspect of the old testament is riddled with exodus references.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoWas Egyptian slavery of Jews not a thing at ALL?
minus-square@txrulinkEnglish2•1 year agoIt probably was at some scale, but it’s just not attested. And it certainly wasn’t the entire nation.. The Babylonian exile on the other hand is attested. That was more like a royal hostage situation than slavery though, the Babylonians sacked Jerusalem and took the nobility back with them.
minus-square@bustrpoindextrlink2•1 year agoNo it was: https://www.archaeology.org/issues/262-1707/features/5627-jaffa-egypt-canaan-colony For 3 centuries, bible said 4. That book is known for exaggeration.
Man, this one is infuriating for me, and I’m Jewish.
It’s like we based an entire religion out of this lie - every aspect of the old testament is riddled with exodus references.
did the Jews ever claim to have built the pyramids?
Was Egyptian slavery of Jews not a thing at ALL?
It probably was at some scale, but it’s just not attested. And it certainly wasn’t the entire nation..
The Babylonian exile on the other hand is attested. That was more like a royal hostage situation than slavery though, the Babylonians sacked Jerusalem and took the nobility back with them.
No it was: https://www.archaeology.org/issues/262-1707/features/5627-jaffa-egypt-canaan-colony
For 3 centuries, bible said 4. That book is known for exaggeration.