Posted on 12/03/2016 9:38:00 AM PST by Salvation
I am not a historian, but I have read in the past studies about Moses’ father-in-law and his background. Just because he lived in a certain area, does not necessarily mean he was part of the native population.
The Israelites had cousins living at the time, offspring of Abraham. And there were Israelites who never went into Egypt. And Joseph had other children besides Ephraim and Manasseh. A Roman historian said that there were two mini exoduses from Egypt that the Bible doesn’t mention; one went to Troy and the other went to Ireland. Josepheus said the Trojans were Jews.
This is a variant of the danger of “only a literal” interpretation of the Bible and not accounting for metaphor. And choosing the definition of the English word you want.
Thank you. Interesting.
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