Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>]

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

> ...
>
> 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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