Sunday, April 27, 2014

When the Hebrews left Egypt " Egypt " was in Canaan

This recent finding in Israel of a Pharaoh's signet ring in Israel is increasing evidence adding to the claim I made in my book Leaving Home ... that the story of how the Jews left Egypt does not jive with modern archaeology and science , but that there must be a different interpretation of the reading than what we were taught in school. http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-1.584757 As an artist , I always was perturbed by the fact that if we " see" something we can copy it. If so, why did not the early Hebrews copy the art of Egypt? Unless they were not in that part of Egypt when they left , but rather in the other part -the contested part - " the Land of Canaan part " Looking at signet rings and burial coffins , and coins , it is clear the early Hebrews could not draw a straight line. A straight line is a human invention and not in nature. The Egyptians knew how to draw a straight line. The straight line on Israeli coins only appeared after the Greeks captured Israel. Add to this the fact that there are no findings of the Exodus story in the Sinai or Egypt - that is because the Exodus story might have well happened in Egyptian controlled territory - Canaan and it's large area including the eastern Sinai where Kadesh Barnea is. Crossing the Red Sea might have actually been real- and not the Reed Sea .

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