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  • From: Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>
  • To: tladatsi AT charter.net
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Midwives & Hyksos
  • Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 19:51:54 +0000

On 11/11/2005 19:10, tladatsi AT charter.net wrote:

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It is an appropriate attitude for much later Egyptian rulers however. After the conquest of Judea by Babylon, many Judeans fled to Egypt. There they found work as solders for the Egyptian kings. When the Medes and Persians overthrew the Babylonians and showed favor to the Judeans, the Egyptian king might legitimately have been concerned that his solders might support a Persian invasion of Egypt.


... which in fact took place in 525 BCE, so only 14 years after the conquest of Babylonia. Do I detect a suggestion that the book of Exodus is a work of fiction composed during this brief period? If not, what is the relevance of this?


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