mb1980 said
About the supposed statue of Joseph – Tell el-Dab‘a tomb – and other related topics, I recommend this ** you do not have permission to see this link ** written by the late Dr. Hector Avalos.
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Therefore, in terms of statistical probabilities alone, finding Semites in Egypt means that you are far more likely to encounter non-Hebrew Semites than Israelites/Hebrews.
Book: Historical Accuracy by Steve Campbell
Erik Hornung, Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Basel, Switzerland, wrote in History of Ancient Egypt: An Introduction (1978 in German, English translation in 1999), Chapter 3: “The Middle Kingdom,” p. 71: “[During the 13th Dynasty, there was] a steady infiltration of nomadic tribes of Semites [which] settled especially in the eastern Delta, where they identified their god Baal with the Egyptian Seth and built a cult center for him at Avaris, the later Residence of the Hyksos. The ranks of the Semitic immigrants were swelled by a considerable number of Asiatic slaves and freedmen.”
Here, 1) Asiatic meant from the Levant (Eastern Mediterranean / Western Asia) and 2) Joseph and the households of his family were not the first or only Semitic Asiatics in the Eastern Delta.
SteveHouseworth said
I watched Dr. Ehrman’s “In the Beginning” courses. They prompted this thought: The authors of Genesis do not present an explanation for why god either allowed or caused a famine in the promised land, prompting Joseph’s brothers to seek grain from Egypt and thus reuniting all of Jacob’s sons. The power of god and providing for his chosen people in the promised land during a famine presents a great setting for faith lessons, moral lessons, etc. yet this theme is omitted for a seemingly more convoluted story of reunification and faith that takes extended years to achieve. In fact, god relies on a foreign people to provide grain for his chosen people, rather than god providing for them. Surely a missed opportunity by the authors.Dr. Ehrman, any thoughts about this omission?
“Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation”
<shortly after>
“Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to reside there as an alien, for the famine was severe in the land.”
With a God like Yahweh, who needs enemies?
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