Quote: (05-13-2019 10:28 PM)Dr. Howard Wrote:
Quote: (05-13-2019 05:21 PM)BortimusPrime Wrote:
I read the real story of exodus was that the Israelites were mercenaries hired by the Egyptians, and were raiding villages on their way out of Egypt which is what caused the Pharaoh to go after them. Also there's nothing about frog rain carved in any Egyptian monuments, which would presumably have been a noteworthy event.
Where does the 'real story' of the exodus come from? The mercenary part would make some sense as the Israelites were pretty good at waging war by at least the time they crossed the Jordan.
Some pinpoint the coming of the Hebrews after the Hyksos have taken lower Egypt and Installed themselves as Pharoah. Which explains the relatively more welcoming attitude that the Israelite received when they settled in Goshen. However once the Hyksos were thrown out(Exodus 1:8). The ethnic Egyptian Pharoah who did not know Joseph for all that he had done was not so favorably disposed to the Israelites.