Block, Siteadmin, SkipCaptcha, Upload, Automoderated users, delete, edit, Moderators, move, protect, rollback, Administrators
27,336
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 26:
Line 26: +
added ramses pic
==Late date of 1290 B.C.==
==Late date of 1290 B.C.==
[[Image:Abusimbel.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ramses II, as portrayed at his Abu Simbel temple, and considered to be the pharaoh of the Exodus according to the late date.]]
The late date of 1290 B.C. places the Exodus under the reign of Rameses II of the 19th Dynasty. This is reasoned by scholars based on the following objections:
The late date of 1290 B.C. places the Exodus under the reign of Rameses II of the 19th Dynasty. This is reasoned by scholars based on the following objections:
*''It is improbable that Israel would have entered Egypt before the Hyksos period''. Countering this argument, it is stated that Abraham entered Egypt and moved about the land rather freely, including personal encounters with the pharoah during the Middle Kingdom (Gen. 13:10-12); Joseph also was in Egypt prior to the Hyksos, as indicated by the Genesis narrative containing a strong Egyptian, and not Hyksos, style in the writing. There is also the fact that the Hebrews, when they settled in Goshen, were segragated from the Egyptians due to the fact that ''"every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians"'' (Gen. 46:34), something which under a Hyksos king would not have happened. (Unger, pg. 333)
*''It is improbable that Israel would have entered Egypt before the Hyksos period''. Countering this argument, it is stated that Abraham entered Egypt and moved about the land rather freely, including personal encounters with the pharoah during the Middle Kingdom (Gen. 13:10-12); Joseph also was in Egypt prior to the Hyksos, as indicated by the Genesis narrative containing a strong Egyptian, and not Hyksos, style in the writing. There is also the fact that the Hebrews, when they settled in Goshen, were segragated from the Egyptians due to the fact that ''"every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians"'' (Gen. 46:34), something which under a Hyksos king would not have happened. (Unger, pg. 333)