The Jews of Egypt after the Exodus

A brief overview of the history of Jewish life in Egypt. After looking briefly at the Exodus itself, we look at some major population centers in Elephantine, Alexandria, and Cairo, to the present day.
To avoid any possible confusion: this lecture does not argue for continuity between the Jewish population described in the account of the Exodus and the communities that appear in the historical record in the centuries before the Common Era.
Lecture delivered to Montefiore College, London, on March 15, 2021.
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[@karenwickhorst8226]

Being a late-comer to Bible study, and a Christian, I am always overwhelmed by the historical context of the Bible, and this lecture only adds to the interest which is always borderline addictive.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Thank you!

[@janicehussock7735]

I agree. Episcopalian. I had no exposure until Barnard College and then Manhattan life. It was yeshiva Barnard students discussing the Old Testament class that led me to try the NT class. Respecting our differences. They used "stupid" and "ridiculous" for their fundamentalism. But were ecstatic to have faith. I had no idea others endured what I did. Call me naive. I stopped eating my tuna boat and closed my books, all ears. They were not too friendly. I owe them so much.

[@ANDREA-yt9dn]

I have always been fascinated by Ancient Egyptian history. Ive realized that hardly any of those documentaries include Jewish history. I think its important to understand that despite how humans segregate themselves into different groups, we must understand how similiar and integral we all are to one another, from a theological position.

[@Rebbedude]

Always fascinating and informative. Thank you, Dr. Abramson.

[@richardglady3009]

WOW! That was amazing. Thank you for the lecture and thank you for making it available on KZbin.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

You're very welcome!

[@Didisayhi]

Thanks!!! Loving your work!!!

[@EdHird]

Very interesting presentation, Dr Abramson. Thank you for this thoughtful review of Jewish life in Egypt. Moses in Egypt is such a central figure for all three Abrahamic religions. It is interesting how the central figure of the Exodus and Passover, Moses, is mentioned in the Koran 135 times. The term 'Musa bin Aram' is used for Moses who is referred to in the Koran more than any other individual. In the Christian scriptures of the New Testament, Moses is also mentioned more than any other person in the Old Testament/Tanakh. It is no wonder that so many Christians, as well as Jewish people, enjoy watching your KZbin presentations on such key biblical figures in their historical contexts.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Thank you very much!

[@marcusbrown307]

Thank you Dr. Abramson.

[@karenwickhorst8226]

I’m going back to your lecture to take notes this time so I can share the info with my Bible class!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@efstratiosfilis2290]

The great singer Layla Murad suffered greatly in this period of 20th century. The peace will hold, I met Israeli tourists in Egypt on 1st March 2022!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Very nice!

[@derekcarstensen9134]

Kind Sir, Thank you so much for the work you do in putting out these vids. I refer to myself as Hebraic as I have followed a simple faith for over thirty years , I have watched as many of your vids as I can find, your vids help me to understand my belief and why and also why I reject “ modern “ Christianity , Thank you again, Shalom!

[@derekcarstensen9134]

@Berta Mota good old fashion gospel of hatred 👍 put it on, you wrap it around you real tight, get Comfortable in it I think your gonna be wearing it for a while when it starts to get a little itchy from hatred let me know, I dust my sandals off

[@InFideScientiam]

So you are Christian? What "modern" elements within Christianity do you reject?

[@derekcarstensen9134]

@@InFideScientiam I don’t remember referring to myself as a Christian

[@InFideScientiam]

@@derekcarstensen9134 Your comment was unclearly written, so that is why I asked. You stated, "...your vids help me to understand my belief and why and also why I reject "modern" Christianity..." So, do you reject ALL of Christianity or just so-called "modern" Christianity? Why insert the qualifier "modern," if you reject all of Christianity?

[@derekcarstensen9134]

@@InFideScientiam you sure like to put words in people’s mouths don’t you because I didn’t say that either I am thinking your probably just a troll with nothing better to do in life

[@KarenDian1]

What an amazing video! My Sephardic maternal family migrated from Italy to New York in the early 1900s. It's possible their ancestors had lived in Egypt

[@thebrocialist8300]

They may have lived for a time in North Africa - following their expulsion from Iberia. Prior to their migration to Roman Hispania, it’s difficult to say. Some are believed to have lived in places like Carthage.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Interesting!

[@josealvarenga9967]

@MTS 3 baby What is your proof that our ancestors are not the original Hebrews. I am of Sephardic ancestry and a proud Jew. I know that my ancestors are the Jews of the Bible.

[@christofferraby4712]

@MTS 3 baby plenty original Hebrews were take to Babylon and later to Persia in the destruction of the 2nd temple in Jerusalem. There is archaeological evidence of this from the region along with the living history since there was a continuous Jewish presence in Iraq till 1949 when the majority of the ancient Iraqi Jewish communities were brought to the modern state of Israel mostly between 1949 and 1951. The Jewish communities that moved to Persia from Babylon in the time of the Babylonian captivity have lived there from those ancient times up till the present modern day Iran although most Jews in Iran moved to modern day Israel in the late 1970s and the early 1980s and the Jews of Uzbekistan moved to Israel mostly when it was the land of Palestine as a part of the Syrian province of the Ottoman Empire in the late 1890s and early 1900s.

[@gregcollins7602]

Great video for Saturday night.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@tagbarzeev4850]

@MTS 3 baby The Ashkenazi Jews as well as the Sephardic Jews are the descendants of the Jews of The Diaspora of 70a.d.

[@tagbarzeev4850]

@MTS 3 baby @Ah obviously you are not familiar with the history of descendants of the Jews of The Diaspora of 70a.d.. and any further comments will be considered if they are of any intrest or accuracy. Shalom

[@tagbarzeev4850]

@MTS 3 baby you need to watch more of Dr.Henry Abramson's videos.He is fantastic scholar and we appreciate his videos and his humor.

[@RalfWokan]

Great video for Sunday morning

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@matthewsainsbury1801]

I also know that ancient antiquity is full of great literature stories ,you also made a good point which i read tthat the egyptians didnt record their loses ,for example ramses 11 battle of kadesh in syria according to other sources was a draw when he battled the hitties ,although he boasted that he won a crushing victory by the help of the god amun ra who went before him and totally routed the hittites while actually the hittie king planted spies near kadesh giving ramses the wrong information causing ramses to divide his army and placing the egyptian army at risks it was only later in the battle ramses had to scramble to save himself and his army

[@napoleansboner]

Love it! Laconic and on point!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Glad you like it!

[@squishypitties1258]

@Steve Warlee from what I know they've recently opened it up to tourists.

[@mikaelfischer8429]

Good evening sir, I really enjoyed this wonderful lecture. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@eliyahulakes7786]

Awesome! So interesting. I had heard that not all the Jews left in the Exodus, but figured they left eventually. Didn’t know it was so recently though. I thought even visiting Mitzraim was off limits, so a sage like Maimonides living there really surprised me. Thanks again Professor!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Glad you enjoyed the video; please note that we don't have any direct connection between the Hebrews who refused to follow Moses and the communities of Jews who settled in Egypt hundreds of years later.

[@eliyahulakes7786]

@@HenryAbramsonPhD Ah...I understand now. Thanks again. My wife and I started watching your History Lab series from the start last night. Great stuff, and the Chinese take out carton is hilarious!! You had me ready for something at the edge of my seat. I’m still laughing.

[@matthewsainsbury1801]

Thanks henry abramson for youre programme and happy passover,passover is one of the highly jewish festivals in judaism even jesus celebtrated it by traveling from galilee to jerusalem when he was 12 with joseph and mary in luke

[@mmccbb7mcb278]

Interesting and informative once again Dr Abramson. Also a big thank you for covering in earlier lectures the ‘Khazars’. A controversial topic,for some indeed. As a ‘Kiwi’ I have had the misfortune to come across a few fellow citizens who strongly believe we Jews are just that, ‘Khazars’. That aside,keep up your good work.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

You are welcome!

[@tateflorell2751]

I’m a Catholic but I find the history of the early Jewish faith and so on interest me very much. So much so that I, as a recovering alcoholic, have a tattoo of the phrase “I am powerless” in Hebrew on my leg. I know that’s probably not the most appropriate thing to do but I was younger then and really felt the connection between my Catholic faith and our Jewish family. Thank you for everything you do!

[@johnbecay6887]

I had a joke about pizza, but by the time I reached the end of the talk I was so depressed I didn't think it appropriate. After 3,000 years of roots along the Nile, Egyptian Jews have been forced into a modern day diaspora. What a sad and difficult subject. Thank you for covering it.

[@ramkitty]

what is the map in hebrew displayed at 7:30?

[@Didisayhi]

Did you share all of the Little archaeological evidence?

[@eddiesanders2719]

Excellent!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Many thanks!

[@matthewsainsbury1801]

There is another interesting fact how rich egyptian literature is ,theres a story of the pharoh called sneferu who takes a journey on the deepest part of the nile with 20 maidens rowing the boat with one singing,and the one singing drops her amulet in the nile and she is so grieved the voyage is stopped she tells pharoh ,and pharoh calls for a egyptian priest named zazmankh,and tells him the situation of the girls amulet so zazmankh ,streches his staff over the nile and the nile parts like a sword cuts threw it leaving dry land the girl jumps from the boat stands on the dry land and retrevies her amulet and gets back into the boat ,and then zazmankh streches his staff again and the waters of the nile come back together again as if nothing happened its a tale that sounds quite similar to moses parting the reed sea

[@cardinallavegeri1604]

Matthew where did you get this story with those tiny details??? Imagination !!!!!!!

[@matthewsainsbury1801]

​@@cardinallavegeri1604 Igot it on a website called egyptian myths .net,the famous egyptian legend is called the golden lotus,its a very fascinating legend Cardinal,ancient egypt has some fascinating stories in it theres even one called the tale of two brothers ampu and bata who live in the same house,and ampus wife tries to seduce bata to sleep with her ,saying if you do this ill make you fine clothes ,bata refuses and storms off ,and ampus wife tears her clothes and weeps telling ampu that his brother bata tried to rape her bata in the story protest his innocence quite similar to joseph and potiphers wife in genesis ,egyptian literature is quite interesting stay safe Cardinal lavegeri in these hard times

[@zackmano]

Kitchen's route also makes sense if the "עורות תחשים" used in the משכן were dolphin or dugong skins. If they were following the coast of the Sinai Peninsula, they would have had access to harvest those animals.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Huh. Interesting. None in the Red Sea?

[@susanadiasjohnson457]

Such a wonderful, fascinating lesson. I have dropped everything I was doing, to tune in. Regarding the ancient practice of keeping any materials with God's name and even any material related to holy material, you have got me thinking. Could it perhaps have been a practical matter of creating and growing a vast library archive for hundreds of years to document holy works and, on a grand scale, the day-to-day life of Jewish civilization? Similar to day's archives, original materials are preserved to be referred to by future generations, to clear up possible differences of translations, opinions and derivations? Such a rare practice would have originated in Cairo, where the meticulous work evidences great scholarship.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

See Professor Marina Rustow's excellent work on the Geniza.

[@margasa7]

Hello Dear Professor! Thank you!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

You are very welcome

[@mikev4621]

Very good

[@lynx777]

I missed out on Hebrew school growing up and I really really enjoy your lectures.

[@PC-lu3zf]

My son loves this video great video thank you.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Happy to hear that!

[@CarlosMdz72]

Have you watched the documentary "Pattern of Evidence" by filmmaker Tim Mahoney? I really recommend it to anyone interested in the historical account of the Exodus.

[@lindseyadams2841]

Thank you !

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

You're welcome!

[@debrapaulino918]

Just my opinion. I do not know that it is literal since there are other thoughts about the Tree of Life, also. But looking at the fertile green area at the north, top of the Nile River, it resembles a tree. The region has always been referred to as the fertile crescent?

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

It's only the lower point of the crescent. Nice observation about the tree.

[@bluellamaslearnbeyondthele2456]

So the splitting the waters event is sung about and revisited at least 2-3 times in the Tanak, with a similar feat being mentioned while crossing the river Jordan, yet scholars can't see that happening? Not even with a possibly partially eroded underwater-bridge at sharm el sheik/tip of the gulf of aqaba? Aren't winds able to displace water? What was Miriam celebrating if this never happened?

[@bluellamaslearnbeyondthele2456]

@@vesnastihovic7014 appreciate your comment! genesis 1 moves a lot of water too, indeed. You associate the rod with obedience, why? As for time travel and the sun standing still, well, that's the part I can't handle and go scholarly. That's where I draw the line and say, no, that couldn't have been, must be something wrong with the translation. I doubt God can rewind events or is in the business of doing so.

[@neilgoodman2885]

>>Dear Professor Abramson: I have viewed several of your lectures, and of course I am far better off for having done so. My single most distressing observation is that I am beginning to understand you. >>With warm and respectful holiday greetings, >>NHG, Portland, Oregon.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Enjoy in good health!

[@moshemankoff7488]

Thanks!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

You are, as always, most welcome Mr. Mankoff!

[@matthewsainsbury1801]

yes henry charlton heston is a great actor,he also did a kids bible story series called great heroes and legends of the bible,when they made moses in the cartoon series he even used his voice as moses,charlton really played moses well ben kingsley is another great actor for moses

[@buckladinbuckyboone2411]

Moses was a black man ...jesus said they would paint the faces of the judges ....them casting a white man to play moses point proven ....moses was black how can a white man blend in with ancient Egyptians and get away with it when we no Egyptians are black

[@aripg359]

Great lecture! Many rabbi’s say that not all Jews left during the exodus, many didn’t leave.

[@buckladinbuckyboone2411]

The true bible jews are black so how would he actually no

[@elmobondoc798]

I learned a lot from your history sharing and I even listen to your past videos. I am of different faith and I was able to connect the Jewish practice in the past to so-called “new testament (which is a misnomer).” I don’t believe in replacement theology, just letting you know. Thank you. Am literally gleaning 🤓

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Enjoy in good health!

[@moslag6672]

Hello from Egypt 🇪🇬 🤍🤍🤍✡️

[@renayitz]

I am happy to report, as a person living in Israel, that I bought frozen fruit imported from Egypt. This is the first time that I have seen a label, in Hebrew, clearly denoting a food import from Egypt by an Israel company.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Interesting!

[@menachemsalomon]

IIRC, the concept of treating _sheimos_ properly comes from Deuteronomy, _Parshas Re'eh,_ in the verse, "Thou shalt not do thusly to Hashem, your God."

[@odysseusthesojourner4401]

Dr Abramson I enjoy your videos. Could you do a video about the history of Jews in Greece please? I am particularly interested in the history of Jews there in the Ottoman period and 19th century. Thank you

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Hopefully when I get further along in the current Jewish History Lab series.

[@odysseusthesojourner4401]

@@HenryAbramsonPhD Thank you

[@buckladinbuckyboone2411]

The real jews are black .....the bible jews are black ..he who telling the story is not a jew ....

[@jktz122]

alexandria was named after alexander the great so that city started in the beggining of the 2nd temple when alexander started his campaign against the persians

[@moshenissan8421]

The question is those jews that stayed in Egypt after the exodus and never stand in Har Sinai.. Are actually part of the covenant or not?

[@Raanan613]

What Jews remained in Egypt??? EVERYONE LEFT, minus those who perished during the Plague of Darkness.

[@silvercloud1276]

There was talk a few years back of letting the jews back into Egypt to help boost their economy, is this true and did something come out of it ?

[@buckladinbuckyboone2411]

Until the blacks go back jesus said there will not be peace in earth ..the true jews are black

[@lorraineokie2054]

Numbers CH 33 list the Campsites Where are these in your map ?

[@joeluna7729]

I stopped by Elephantine, but I wasn't aware there was a Jewish temple there. A tiny statue of an Elephant there, the only elephant depicted in Egypt. - I remember some Temple of Isis nearby that still had cannon ball marks from Napoleon. I wish there were some remains of the temple you mention.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Interesting

[@PC-lu3zf]

I have been in the valley of the kings and been in the great Pyramid which pre dates the Jewish peoples existence by about 500 years beautiful country. Abraham and Jacob would have seen that huge building amazing,

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Nice

[@tyh3120]

Sir, Amos 9/7 the Philistins = the Palestinians came from Caphtor. Caphtor was in Egypt or in Greece?

[@denisebremridge8329]

ISLAND OF CYPRUS ....Greece was not yet a united territory of mainland and surrounding islands

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Not this video.

[@denisebremridge8329]

Wesley will confirm which of us is correct

[@denisebremridge8329]

@wesley8173 technically speaking not the same group of people.....MINOANS OF CRETE were a highly cultured people....MYCENEANS settled in CYPRUS and came from Greek mainland...they were more likely to have been the first "philistines" who occupied the coastal plateaus of Levant

[@danablac7438]

Where are those map references????

[@OscarWrightZenTANGO]

Volume too low

[@144Donn]

Whenever the route exiting Egypt is discussed, my emotions get peaked:) I am absolutely convinced they crossed the Red Sea at the Gulf of Aqaba into Saudi Arabia. My reasoning is this: Moshe ran away to Midian and all agree where Midian is today: Saudi Arabia! He took sheep to the Mountain of G-d (Mount Sinai) there is NO WAY sheep are going to travel the great distance from SA to what we call today the Sinai Peninsula. This just does not compute! It MUST be in Saudi Arabia! The most convincing aspect is that the Jews were petrified and traumatized! The ONLY way they would be calm and feel secure was if there was a great body of water separating them from the Egyptians- the same way Moshe chose a body of water to secure his safety. The Sinai Peninsula was Egypt minor, a neighboring land on its outskirts in which the Jews would NEVER feel secure. Putting these ideas together along with the artifacts found at the bottom of the Gulf of Aqaba, the case becomes overwhelmingly clear for the route to be from Egypt into Saudi Arabia where they have found the real Mont Sinai. BTW the Sinai Peninsula is only called that because Constantine's mother decided it was so. Logic must be used to decide this matter as evidence\artifacts can be misinterpreted.

[@WoundedEgo]

So are we saying that the record that history gives us is that the Jews were in fact living in Egypt but the exodus was a series of migrations out of Egypt to various destinations, rather than one dramatic complete migration to the promised land? And that the Jews have had a continuous significant presence in Egypt all along?

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

No, we don't have any known connection between the Hebrews who refused to follow Moses out of Egypt (by Rabbinic count, the vast majority of the population) and the communities established later at Elephantine, Alexandria and elsewhere. The difference in time is measured in centuries.

[@WoundedEgo]

@@HenryAbramsonPhD Okay, thanks. Do you happen to have a link to the Rabbinic count you mention? Also, would these Rabbis have had doubts about the account of the Exodus in Exodus?

[@salwabeheiry7717]

Wonderful lecture as usual Dr Abramson. It is always a time well spent listening to you. I am Egyptian from Alexandria, living now in the US. I grew up in the sixties surrounded by the synagogue and the Jewish school attached to it where I spent the first 11 years of my education. We were the only Moslem family in the building where we lived. That was in the middle of Alexandria’s commercial and financial center. So many Jewish merchants, lawyers and doctors had offices all along the main boulevards. My classes were 50% Jews and the other 50% other religions (mainly Copts, Moslems and Eastern Orthodox). It was a wonderful, peaceful and rich life until 1956 on. Makes me very sad for the tremendous loss of culture, human lives and livelihood.

[@zackmano]

Wonderful lecture 👍🙏 An interesting note is that the title of the Arabic map you show towards the end is "حرب النكبة"/Harb-al-nukba/The War of the Catastrophe. "Nukba" of course being the term Arabs use for Israeli independence. I prefer to call it "ראשית צמיחת גאולתנו" 😉🙏✡💙

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Yes, in the context of the Egyptian perception of the 1948-49 war I thought that was a good map to illustrate the period.

[@michaeld2716]

What happened to the Red Sea Crossing? You might not find any artifacts of the Exodus on this route. Nothing.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Few scholars place the sea crossing on the Red Sea.

[@efstratiosfilis2290]

I loved the joke, Dr. Abramson.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Thank you!

[@IndigenousHebrew]

@0:23 aren't those Black People (Afro-Israelites) in the Background? Amos 9:7

[@lorraineokie2054]

When did the name Jewish or Jew evolve from Hebrew or Israel ? Where is this in OT Scripture ?

[@rachelsamuel3328]

Mordachai in the Book of Esther was described as the first "Jew", a Jew is a Judean not from the tribe of Judah, but from the tribe of Benjamin.

[@Raanan613]

@@rachelsamuel3328 Targum Onqelos already translates "Hebrews/Israelites" as "Jews" in the verses of the Exodus & his dates are about contemporary with Rabbi Eli'ezer, teacher of Rabbi 'Aqiva, so that's about 2000 years ago.

[@cathrynharrison4734]

Where did the Jews come form before they were in Eqypt?

[@rachelsamuel3328]

Canaan.

[@Raanan613]

@@rachelsamuel3328 Before that, Akkadia.

[@rachelsamuel3328]

@@Raanan613 No, Jews were not in Akkadia, 1 man was from Mesopatamia, nor the whole people.

[@JohnnyJackson746]

How can shem be a canaanite when Canaan was the son of ham

[@Beanmachine91]

as a christian i value the passover of the angel of death, i could have been born in egypt. my distant relatives were german jew lutheran christians.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Interesting.

[@davidsavage6324]

How did the other 20% Egypt born Jews get citizenship? We're they Muslim or Christian Jews or upper class or something?

[@user-lg1fw2fv5y]

wealth 777 amen🙏

[@joycarter757]

I love all your jokes!

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

I'm so glad that you enjoyed the video! Thank you for being a Public Subscriber!

[@makhinxumalo4820]

It's sad that Jews left Egypt even after the peace accord was signed.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

The majority left well before the peace treaty; the environment was distinctly hostile.

[@makhinxumalo4820]

@@HenryAbramsonPhD thanks for correction. I thought it was the other way. But that's sad still. Here in Durban the population has shrunk such Durban Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Musgrave was sold.

[@hesselmeilech4146]

Israel was a land of milk and honey but no water, The Nile flows a 1000 miles and 80% of the water is used for irrigation and thus agriculture provides quality foods for animals. So a mixed multitude in the countries around Egypt were attracted to going to Egypt at a time of famine, Therefore even the Rambam left Israel for Egypt. Today with Israel high tech and Egypt wanted to improve its standard of living we might see a new era of cooperation. Egypt is putting a lot of money into its past to attract tourists,

[@GigiAbbi-cu9qn]

Was there a time that the nail dried up and 40 years of no man or animal going through Egypt?

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Unaware of this.

[@GigiAbbi-cu9qn]

@@HenryAbramsonPhD I heard it’s a prophecy by Jeremih and since it never happened it’s proof that Jeremiah is a false prophet can you give any evidence of this prophecy being?

[@txvoltaire]

"A funny thing happened on the way to the Genizah...!"

[@rogerlephoque3704]

Dr Abramson, permit me to become pedantic with your citation of the "United Kingdom". If we transpose the acronym UK into everyday speak, the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland comes to mind. Now, for some of us out there, this is not quite so historically majestic as the biblical united kingdoms of Judea and Israel, but ambiguity is best avoided in the post-modern world, so please may I suggest that we use the lower case whenever we write the united kingdoms of Judea and Israel. The upper case, as in the United Kingdom, is best used in any reference to dear old Blighty, as you and I are wont to say, are we not? Keep well. Stay safe.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Interesting point

[@yourthought2333]

14:40 🤣😂

[@afifdoghri7390]

Mitzrayim of the Bible is not nowadays Egypt. You'll never find any pyramids in the Bible

[@ici70yz49]

I think all these stories are not real but metaphoric and allegorical , Moses in Hebrew means Mo she , it means the water of the tree ( tree of life) . It is hard to see smart people got stuck with fairy tales and superstition under the banner of belief

[@harrywebb6022]

You are jewish not Jew correct.

[@anteomnis7648]

IIzRAwEl has a message for the Jews #thecatisoutofthebag

[@guydellagi4372]

Nobody called us jews nor did we refer to ourself as jew when we were in Egypt in the times of josef and Moses.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

It’s hard to remember that far back. Glad you can!

[@guydellagi4372]

@@HenryAbramsonPhD Not about remembering rather about romanticising. I just dont get why you insist on referring to our forfathers as jews when they were not. Does facts not matter in regards to history? Our history? Perhaps you learned it like this, but that dosnt make it correct. Why do history backwards? Henry you would be running asking for the jews when our people left Egypt and you wouldnt find any and every body would leave for Canaan and you would be left in Egypt.

[@cardinallavegeri1604]

Dear Henry There’s no tiny evidence that the Israelite were in Egypt The whole history of the 12 tribes were in Yemen And Orshaleem was in Yemen

[@bluellamaslearnbeyondthele2456]

Sorry but no. It doesn't add up.

[@cardinallavegeri1604]

@@bluellamaslearnbeyondthele2456 All the Geography in the Thora names and lands referred to Yemen When Moses met Green the traveler it was at the crosses of two seas !!! Ocean and Red Sea The kingdom of David and Salomon was in Shaba Bakka was the direction of their prayers The falasha was an old sect seen by the follower of Moses as non pure because they didn’t circumcised their kids and the first Thora is written in Shabaeem Hebrew

[@honeysucklecat]

2 million people in the Exodus leaving no trace is just not realistic, especially when the population of Egypt was around 6 million. This story has a lot of fiction in it.

[@Raanan613]

What trace would you expect to see? Have you seen parallels in other countries with similar geography for comparison?

[@vgrof2315]

Why would your "God" not make evidence of the Bible stories plainly evident rather than causing archeologists to dig on their hands and knees for decades to to prove your "history"?

[@rachelsamuel3328]

The sands of time has covered them

[@vgrof2315]

@@rachelsamuel3328 Your omnipotent "God" can't overcome the sands of time to ensure people believe "His" stories?? How silly. Isn't it time we get over all the religious nonsense?

[@yassershazli3732]

People like copts have crossified jesus

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Hmm.

[@edelgyn2699]

This is fantasy... you appear to be uninformed about archaeology (or ancient history).

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Or both

[@ZAT_MORN_Pelincan-Theory]

Interesting to see that you guys and Muslims and Christians don’t actually point out Jesus, messiah and isa(as) as we call it in Islam. Okay anyway, even I only know them through words only they would utter. Muslim words that no other muslims can say except isa(as) And Jewish words that only messiah can say. And Jesus words that only Jesus can say. Saying without losing focus and not forgetting in all lectures. Find that Jewish preacher guys. Popular preachers and up coming smart ones. Look for the word around laws. Law related while you also might catch on. All words in their preaching is around psalm 1 in all scriptures.

[@guydellagi4372]

We were not called jews when we were in Egypt in the times of josef and Moses. Long before the kingdom of Judah. Disappointing moreh.

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

Sad.

[@guydellagi4372]

@@HenryAbramsonPhD Exactly, please be more serious about our history, history backwards is indeed sad.

[@guydellagi4372]

Abraham the jew? Isak the jew? Josef the jew? Moses the jew? I dont recall, you must have read another Torah than I.

[@namu8062]

This guys dishonest. Its too obvious

[@HenryAbramsonPhD]

It's the skullcap and the beard, I know.

[@namu8062]

@@HenryAbramsonPhD many wear skullcaps, have beards and are honest. I was commenting on the disinformation you're spreading about ancient Egypt...Your response highlights my point.

[@sukhmanihomeopathyclinicna9555]

No, Jews went deep inside Red Sea , few left there & few came back near Egypt