Raamses, Pithom, and the Exodus: A Critical Evaluation of Ex 1:11
Up to the present, the brief notice on the storage cities of “Pithom” and “Raamses” and the forced labour of the Israelites in Ex 1:11 has been taken as the historical nucleus of a possible exodus scenario under Ramesses ii. This article presents a critical evaluation of the classical theory, taking...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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| In: |
Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2015, Volume: 65, Issue: 2, Pages: 265-288 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Exodus 1,11
/ Historicity
/ Archaeology
/ Dating
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HH Archaeology |
| Further subjects: | B
Exodus
Raamses
Pithom
forced labour
Israel’s sojourn in Egypt
Necho ii
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Up to the present, the brief notice on the storage cities of “Pithom” and “Raamses” and the forced labour of the Israelites in Ex 1:11 has been taken as the historical nucleus of a possible exodus scenario under Ramesses ii. This article presents a critical evaluation of the classical theory, taking into account recent insights in Archaeology, Egyptology, and Philology. Since a number of arguments call the classical theory into question, a historical background of Ex 1:11 in the late 7th century BCE becomes more likely, when Judahites had to perform forced labour for the Egyptian hegemon in the Southern Levant. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5330 |
| Contains: | In: Vetus Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685330-12301194 |