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If the many details are actually historical, then the people all had to be close and this gathering point had to be close to the meeting headquarters of the King where Moses and Aaron went so often to speak with him. The Hyksos had an alliance with the Nubian Cush, which at times was part of Egypt, and later ruled Egypt for a time as a dynasty. This would mean that the people Joseph dealt with were not even "Egyptians" in the proper sense of the indigenous people of Egypt. Goshen is not very big. Because it speaks to the current pressures Judea was under in that precarious period, this work, as well as other "intertestamental" literature, is very helpful on the period of transition over the 1st century BCE and CE. The Exodus story is a great masterpiece of oral literature, now written down. On the contrary, this ancient literature is a masterpiece of affect - engaging us in the drama of the story and producing in the hearers (not primarily readers) the power of the personal and ethnic emotions involved!
It was not written in that framework. A reader referred me więc natomiast Youtube video called "The Exodus Decoded," asking if the claim of this video could be true, that the Hyksos of Egypt were, in fact, the Hebrews. Even so, in rozprawka of all other comments in the Genesis and Exodus text, it seems clear the descendants of Jacob lived and worked in the eastern delta area. The Genesis and Exodus texts are consistent in indicating that the Hebrews lived and were enslaved in the Goshen area. In addition, the dates of the Hyksos are considerably earlier than the dates traditionally proposed by biblical scholars for the Exodus as a historcal event. I am not concerned with the details of the Exodus or how many Israelites there were, or their particular route. Thus I have not addressed the details of military or geographical factors as presented by any particular archaeological or historical viewpoint. In fact, under the Hyksos and for much of continuing history, even the whole of Palestine was part of Egypt for most of its history. Jubilees offers some comments on several aspects of Jewish history, and one reason it was not accepted as scripture by the Hebrew scholars as they were considering the collection in the late 1st century and into the 2nd, was that it was written so late in their history (during the 100 years between the Greek and Roman dominations).
The text of the Exodus story was not written to meet the demands of rationalist, analytical literate westerners about 3000 years later. The Exodus story does appear to mean, however, that the descendants of Jacob were the dominant population in the Goshen area where the Hyksos king settled them. The king and ruling class would be Semitic people, likely with a similar speech to his. This also explains why "a pharaoh arose who did not know Joseph" - that is, this new king did not like or feel positive about Semite "foreigners." The Egyptians likely associated all the Semites with their foreign rulers. The term "Hebrew" (Habiru) is used in some ancient references to refer to i larger broad group of people, not the specific people we later think of as Abraham or Jacob and their descendants or relatives. The Hyksos were the first successful invaders from the east, largely due to their likely use of chariots, which were never used in Egypt prior to the Hyksos period.
I think the latter is less likely than the possibility that they were Semitic invaders. There is some evidence that supports the suggestion that the Hyksos were Semitic, though there are also some scholars who think the Hyksos were actually a group of native Egyptians, rather than foreigners. There are some indications leading to zaś proposal by several scholars that the Exodus story is symbolic. This book uses the Egyptian slavery and exodus story as a backdrop and symbol for the domination of Judea by the world powers - recently the Syrian Seleucid Greeks and the impending Roman domination. These uses and references are so vague and incidental that they are uncertain. If you are interested in more biblical details, you might also consider the other Exodus story in the Bible. These vagaries and slippery details are the edges of detail that modern historians and others with their approach try to probe to clarify the uncertainties. Details and stories in Jubilees and other contemporary texts reflect the perspectives of that late era, using the old stories to clarify current political trends pressing the Jews in that era. The whole Tanakh (Old Testament) is primarily a collection of deeply meaningful and moving stories, comprising a huge historical story.
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