God Yahweh Allah was a volcano.

[Hannah]

Of course I have read it. Do you think you are the first to trot that out as "evidence?"

Did you read the end? It is a philosophical discussion between Ipuwer and some god about the nature of chaos. This is why it is regarded as mere "literature" by many Egyptologists.

HOW COME IT'S OK FOR YOU TO MAKE UNFOUNDED STATEMENTS WHEN IT'S NOT OK FOR ME TO D0? YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THIS POEM BARES ANY REFERENCE TO ACTUAL EVENTS. BELIEVE. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU PULLED ME UP ON THAT? THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IT HAS GOT SOMETHING TO DO WITH NATURAL DISASTERS AT THE TIME AND NOT ALL ARE CHRISTIANS. THE TIMING FITS SANTORINI PERFECTLY. CAN YOU PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT?

You have to understand, Hannah, that bible-thumpers will always see their 'god' in everything. They are highly motivated to make such representations. That is why they are unreliable as scholars.

YOU SEEM EQUALLY HIGHLY MOTIVATED IN A PERSONAL WAY. I AM HIGHLY MOTIVATED TO SEEK OUT THE TRUTH.

The noted con artist, Simcha Jacobovici, took the Ahmose Stele and proclaimed that it matched the plague story and thus ( TA-DA) exodus was true.

Unfortunately for Simcah, we have translations of the Ahmose Stele:

http://www.therafoundation.org/articles/...gnofahmose

It describes a flood in a specific area and the pharaoh arrived with aid and assistance...doing a much better job than Bush did with Katrina, for example!

Alas, if you can read that you will find as much evidence for the 10 plagues as you have in Ipuwer.

Jacobovici is a known con man. Don't be like him.

NOW YOU'RE CALLING ME A CONMAN? GOOD GRIEF!

Warning: do not whatever you do suggest maybe the Bible contains some truth because, if you do, your name will be mud.

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http://www.therafoundation.org/articles/...gnofahmose

Thanks for pointing that out to me. It's important to not discount evidence based on the prejudices of the source. Is this source acceptable for you?

'Goedicke cites important geological studies recently initiated by the Smithsonian Institution that should eventually clarify the question of when the eruption occurred in Egyptian terms. The excavation of well-stratified Egyptian sites, such as that of Kom Rabiya at Memphis, also promises to provide important new evidence for the question of the Egyptian date of the eruption in the near future. Major issues have been raised at this Congress regarding the validity of the scientific methods for evaluating the absolute date of the volcanic destruction of Thera. Until these questions are resolved, and until the new geological and archaeological evidence from Egypt is available, the evidence of the 'Tempest Stele' deserves consideration.'

So no need to keep badgering me for difinitive evidence as it would seem some might be arriving soon. In the meantime, I will give the subject the consideration it deserves.