Biblical Hebrew Forum

[<tladatsi AT charter.net>]

Some might take it that way, but not me.  I believe the 
pentateuch was composed long before that era.  My point is 
that the political sensibilities expressed were not 
consistent with Hyksos rule but with other eras, the 
Persian being only one.  Indeed an post-Hyksos Ruler might 
have simlar attitude.  It was an attitude that the writer 
and reader/listener would understand.




> From: Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>
> Date: 2005/11/11 Fri PM 02:51:54 EST
> To: tladatsi AT charter.net
> CC: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Midwives & Hyksos
> 
> 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?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Peter Kirk
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> peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
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> 

Jack Tladatsi