Why do ancient Egyptian records make no mention of the Crossing of the Red Sea narrative?
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There is ancient Egyptian papyri dating back to the 26th century BCE. The ancient Egyptians have records of biographies, drawings: cartoons, maps, books of the dead, literary texts, tales, poems, official records, private papyri, correspondence, contracts, religious texts, myths, science: mathematics, medical texts, teachings, instructions, and wordlists. Yet despite all this, ancient Egyptian records make no mention of the Crossing of the Red Sea narrative. From Abraham to Moses the ancient Egyptian records make no mention.
One of the only mentions in ancient Egyptian records of foreign people being chased out of ancient Egypt comes from the Hyksos , not Israelites. Nowhere do they mention a parting of the Red Sea, and the closest we come to the name Moses comes from Ahmose I , his brother Kamose , and decorated ancient Egyptian war hero Ahmose, son of Ebana . But they were all ancient Egyptian heroes. Not Israelite heroes. Surely the ancient Egyptians would have recorded something of this magnitude?
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Sep 3, 2022, 02:00 PM
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