The Book of Exodus

critical scholars agree that the earliest references to the exodus tradition do not come from the exodus narrative in the pentatouche. No egyptian document, inscription or piece of iconography depicts, describes or refers to an exodus as described in the bible. So why doesp hofmi doubt these doubts? Is it just his pious faith kicking it? Well, a lot of things fit together and work a let's go back to the city of rameses that we talked about exodus one, 11. It's mentioned in numbers 33 in the itinerary of the depart point for the hebrews. There is no compelling reason that the exodus has to be rooted in any events in history

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