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Originally Posted by Macman
So if there was no Moses then was there no Exodus out of Egypt either, I've heard about that being disputed before.
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It is complicated. My personal view is that the much later Israelite myths of a sea-crossing by former slaves in Egypt probably stem from actual events of some kind. We know that Canaanites were frequently enslaved in Egypt, and we also know of instances in which these Semitic people escaped and returned to their homeland. Most scholars read the Exodus narratives as much later attempts to standardize these stories as a means to forge a national identity in the Iron Age kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
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What about something like this here?
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Historians and archaeologists don't take any of this stuff seriously. These sorts of productions stem from deeply religiously motivated attempts to salvage scraps of historicity from obvious mythology. The group that made this particular short film is a Christian apologetic organization dedicated to "encourag[ing] you in your walk with God," and to providing "a deeper, more meaningful understanding of the Christian faith."
There is no academic rigour behind this stuff at all.