Valued Knowledgeseekers,
The Exodus seems to be dated to 1446 BC. Is it archaeologically proven?
Is it possible that it may have happened in the time window around the battle of Kadesh 1274 BC from an agnostic perspective, which may be wrong?
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Not sure the archaeological evidence in Palestine would bear this earlier date out. Still think most likely to have been over the period of transition between Rameses II and Merneptah. Fact that Rameses III had to reassert Egypts military dominion suggests a period of insecurity prior to his reign.
This of course assumes that the Exodus story is an accurate account of the complex migrations into Canaan suggested by archaeology. May well be that some of those groups/tribes that went on to become Israel were already indigenous in the hill country area of Canaan long before the exodus
Missing evidence is no well-thought answer. Also, the flood was not found until it was found, and also the tomb of Philip II of Macedonia was not found until it was found. Also, no skeletons on Mount Masada were not found, which does not mean that the story of Flavius Josephus is untrue.
I believe that the early date of the Exodus is based on the find of Pumice in Northern Egypt as being from the eruption of Thera (Santorini) which erupted around 1450. Also here, a lot of INAA work has to be performed as well as dating technologies which up to the present are lacking. So, the given date of 1446 is meanwhile a theory, nothing more.
Mary, the usual date of 1200 BC has been valid for 150 years. Nothing new there. It is even at present the most accepted date.
Except, it didn't happen. The ancient peoples tended to write stories, often with symbolic meaning, and chronicles, biased accounts of kings. These stories reflected the kings or religions but were not based on real events. What genuine proof we have for Judaic peoples comes in the 9th century, but their origins were probably the consequence of political events around that period. Wishful thinking does not make daydreams true!
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