And Finkelstein would be wrong in this case (the Low Chronology is still a tendentious matter). The Exodus, as described in the OT, did not happen. That's blatantly obvious, and there are some very, very good reasons to suppose that is the case. The traditional apologetic defenses are either a) lacking or b) outright wrong. Hoffmeier's argument doesn't work in the way he thinks it should, either.
Yet, the issue remains that a very sizable number of scholars actively believe in the Exodus being based in a historical memory of a group of slaves escaping Egypt. As Friedman put it in the video I linked to, it would make a lot of sense of the Levites as we know them.
Yet, the issue remains that a very sizable number of scholars actively believe in the Exodus being based in a historical memory of a group of slaves escaping Egypt. As Friedman put it in the video I linked to, it would make a lot of sense of the Levites as we know them.
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