Out of deference to religious sensibilities, it’s relatively uncommon even today to find much discussion in popular media of the parallels between Near Eastern mythology and the Hebrew Bible. It’s not surprising, for example, to see credulous discussions of Noah’s Flood without mention of the fact that the Mesopotamian peoples had the same flood myth, […]
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Moses and Sargon: Parallel Lives 5* – JASON COLAVITA
Sargon vs Moses
You don’t hear it much today, but it used to be all the rage to compare the birth story of Moses to that of a certain Sargon of Assyria, and claim copying was done. That’s not heard much anymore, and we’ll see why in a moment. First let’s set up with the Moses story, from […]
Moses and the Exodus: what evidence? PDF
ANCIENT FICTIONALITY: Moses, Exodusand the Conquest of Time.
https://www.academia.edu/37382686/ANCIENT_FICTIONALITY_Moses_Exodus_and_the_Conquest_of_Time
Religion, Identity and the Origins of Ancient Israel – Kenton Sparks pdf
Why is there no evidence of the Exodus? Barry Turner University of Lincoln
According to biblical scripture, the Hebrews led by the patriarch Moses took his formerly enslaved people out of Egypt during the reign of Rameses II. The history of Rameses is exceptionally well documented but there is scant evidence of any such event. Further, the scriptures tell us that Moses took his followers, numbering in the […]
For You Were (Not) Slaves in Egypt: By Ariel David
The Ancient Memories Behind the Exodus Myth From the expulsion of the Hyksos to Armageddon, the epic Passover saga does not reflect a specific event, but seems to contain distant memories that may give us clues to the real history of the ancient Israelites The Passover narrative is one of the greatest stories ever told. […]
Reconciling Biblical Numbers: Three Million at Sinai is making a Mountain out of a Molehill – Martin C. Winer
Imagine a historian 500 years from now constructs the following proof. “The culture of 1960’s widely accepted homosexual activities. Evidence can be found in the theme song of a popular cartoon of the era, ‘The Flintstones’. This is a cartoon involving the implied homosexual activities between the two male lead characters Barney and Fred with […]