SSTF to No Stupid [email protected] • 1 year agoWhat inaccurate historical factoid do you just go with?message-square82fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down14
arrow-up169arrow-down1message-squareWhat inaccurate historical factoid do you just go with?SSTF to No Stupid [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square82fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoWas Egyptian slavery of Jews not a thing at ALL?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoIt probably was at some scale, but it’s just not attested. And it certainly wasn’t the entire nation.. The Babylonian exile on the other hand is attested. That was more like a royal hostage situation than slavery though, the Babylonians sacked Jerusalem and took the nobility back with them.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoNo it was: https://www.archaeology.org/issues/262-1707/features/5627-jaffa-egypt-canaan-colony For 3 centuries, bible said 4. That book is known for exaggeration.
Was Egyptian slavery of Jews not a thing at ALL?
It probably was at some scale, but it’s just not attested. And it certainly wasn’t the entire nation..
The Babylonian exile on the other hand is attested. That was more like a royal hostage situation than slavery though, the Babylonians sacked Jerusalem and took the nobility back with them.
No it was: https://www.archaeology.org/issues/262-1707/features/5627-jaffa-egypt-canaan-colony
For 3 centuries, bible said 4. That book is known for exaggeration.