(December 19, 2019 at 7:42 am)Abaddon_ire Wrote:(December 18, 2019 at 7:25 pm)maxolla Wrote: Ipuwer Papyrus would seem to disagree. https://beginningandend.com/did-the-exod...he-exodus/Wrong. The Ipuwer makes no mention of jews, jewish slaves, Moses or any part of the Exodus account. In fact it refers to an influx not an exodus.
And then you cite a fundamentalist crank site as support.
Again I ask, do you want to debate honestly or dishonestly?
Because attempting to shoehorn unrelated material into bible based faith sure seems to provide an answer to that question. What is your answer?
At the time of Ipawer and during that period Jew was not a term used to define the people of Israel. To the Egyptians they were “slaves”. There was no exodus until Israel left, which was after the plagues which Ipawer doesn’t mention as such specifically but the language “blood everywhere” while not conclusive seems to point to several possible plagues that the Bible depicts.
Additionally the writings of the old testament are some of the oldest writings in existence and originate from a nation that exists today called Israel. I know you don’t call in to question the existence of the Jewish Nation.