[net.religion] Israel in Egypt

mikei@hammer.UUCP (Michael IsBell) (10/22/85)

Doing some research on the Biblical exile of the Israelites
in Egypt I find a complete void of Egyptian sources which
mention the hebrews. The texts I've looked at which examine
the egyptian source documents are all at least a couple
decades old. Are there any recently discovered documents which
shed some light on this period? Who is doing research in this
are that might be willing to answer some questions for a novice
egyptologist?

Also, along the same line, are there recent discoveries shedding
light on the identity of the Hyksos? I've read speculation that
they were Semites, but have yet to see anything I would regard
as substantial evidence toward verifying this.


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