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Vinsidlfb t1_j3rhc9h wrote
Reply to comment by faithfoliage in Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and biblical archaeology by MeatballDom
There is no historical evidence of Jews in Egypt prior to the establishment of the military outpost on Elephantine Island around 700 BCE, which was about 800 years after the last pyramid was built.
Vinsidlfb t1_j3st9mq wrote
Reply to comment by faithfoliage 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, 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.