SSTF@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat inaccurate historical factoid do you just go with?message-squaremessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down14
arrow-up169arrow-down1message-squareWhat inaccurate historical factoid do you just go with?SSTF@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squareJakenVeina@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWas Egyptian slavery of Jews not a thing at ALL?
minus-squarebustrpoindextr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 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.
minus-squaretxru@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 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.
Was Egyptian slavery of Jews not a thing at ALL?
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.
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.