The biblical exodus and the Biblical Jewish kingdom.

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Is their any evidence that these ever happened/existed?

An actual mass exodus from Egypt and then the eventual supposed kingdom. Has their ever been any large Jewish population in the biblical time period?

I say no to all if the above.

Well, I don't think the Jews just popped out of nowhere. As for the exodus, I'm not sure, but I'm fairly certain that some "Israelite" kingdom existed in modern-day Israel. Evidence is, that there also was a Roman province with the name of Judea, suggesting that a concentraded Jewish presence existed in the region.

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Years ago as I recall the theory of Moses was that he was probably based on a real historical figure and that he was a follower of Akhenaten who followed the one true God Aten, rejecting all the other Egyptian Gods. This appears to have fallen out of favour more recently but I haven't kept up with the historical developments.

My mom thinks that Akhenaten trying to get Egypt to go monotheistic is evidence for the Christian god.

I've never heard the Moses addition to that idea before, though. Here's to hoping she never does either.

After the death of Akenathen, his religion and faith system were destroyed, the priesthood scattered, and the idols of aten, smashed to the ground. Even his face was scarred and obscured in his grave.
I don't think that anyone would dare to follow that guy, let alone write a book about him.