(February 2, 2016 at 10:33 pm)Irrational Wrote:(February 2, 2016 at 2:28 pm)Minimalist Wrote: The same argument is used in the OT: "Why would anyone invent a story about being SLAVES in Egypt?"
No, it's not the same thing.
What's theologically embarrassing about the Israelites being slaves at one point?
Why don't you explain that to professor Kitchen?
Quote:As Egyptologist Kitchen asks: “…why on earth invent such a tale about such humiliating origins? Nobody else in Near Eastern antiquity descended to that kind of tale of community beginnings.” (K. A. Kitchen, ibid)