On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Charles Brown < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > ^^^^ > CB: Not that Jim said there were....but there were no pyramids in Egypt > nor monumental architecture anywhere in 10,000 BC. Pyramids were built > starting maybe 2650 BC. ( Quick Study bar chart on "Western Civilization > 1") > > When Egyptian civ arose, they didn't "capture slaves". This is a > Mesopotamian, Greek thing from later. > > The Israelites were not captured by the Egyptians. They were invited into > Egypt when Joseph became the Phaorah's "chief economist". Then they started > to outgrow the Egyptian in population ( See Genesis). When they didn't > institute population control, they were put under discipline. When they left > with Moses,they weren't escaping , but removed. this is all speculative. we've got no extra-biblical evidence for any of it. since we're being all historically accurate and stuff . . . :-) j
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