faithfoliage t1_j3slzwt wrote
Reply to comment by Vinsidlfb in Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and biblical archaeology by MeatballDom
We do have evidence of Egyptians knowing about the people that would later be known as Jews, however, as well as their God.
Vinsidlfb t1_j3st9mq wrote
We do, yes. The Mernetaph Stele mentions Israelites in Canaan. But there is no mention of an exodus of slaves or of Israelites having once been in Egypt. There were probably semitic speaking slaves in Egypt, but there is no definitive connection between these populations and the people who would become the Israelites.
faithfoliage t1_j3tak04 wrote
I’m talking about the mentions of Shasu of Yhw, which some scholars belief is a direct mention of the people who worshipped.
From that we can assume there was enough interaction between Egyptians and these people. What kind of interaction isn’t mentioned.
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