I've got a whole load of historians and archaeologists and all you have is a stupid fucking old book of bullshit you asshole.
Actually what it says is that "Ysirir" was destroyed..... It is indeed the only mention of Ysirir in the entire corpus of Egyptian literature but the thing is that no one knows what "Ysirir" means. Flinders Petrie speculated in 1896 that it was "israel" because it sounded similar. The bible-thumpers tried that same technique with the "apiru" which they convinced themselves meant "hebrews" too.
But it didn't. Donald Redford tells us that the Egyptians referred to Canaan as "the land beyond the sand." Doesn't sound much like "Israel" at all, does it?
Quote:The Merneptah Stele was created in 1208 BC. On line 27 it says "Israel is destroyed it's seed is no more". This is the only mention of Israel in the ancient Egyptian texts
Actually what it says is that "Ysirir" was destroyed..... It is indeed the only mention of Ysirir in the entire corpus of Egyptian literature but the thing is that no one knows what "Ysirir" means. Flinders Petrie speculated in 1896 that it was "israel" because it sounded similar. The bible-thumpers tried that same technique with the "apiru" which they convinced themselves meant "hebrews" too.
But it didn't. Donald Redford tells us that the Egyptians referred to Canaan as "the land beyond the sand." Doesn't sound much like "Israel" at all, does it?