User talk:Mishael613
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[edit]Hello, Mishael613, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, your edit to Biblical Egypt does not conform to Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy (NPOV). Wikipedia articles should refer only to facts and interpretations that have been stated in print or on reputable websites or other forms of media.
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- Hello and thanks for informing me. The one question I have is that in Faust 2016 page 476 he clearly states that while there is a consensus among scholars that the exodus didn’t happen as portrayed in the Bible, a majority view is that it has some historical basis. I don’t see why this needs to be edited out? He provides citations and as far as I’m aware is a reputable scholar. Mishael613 (talk) 23:41, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
- It wasn't deleted, I just gave the full details of the matter. The reality of the Exodus, whatever it was, has little to do with the bigger than life story from the Bible. While archaeologists can accept an exodus of 60 or 600 slaves, they cannot accept an exodus of 2 or 3 million people leaving Egypt overnight (which could be more than the estimated population of Egypt at that time). tgeorgescu (talk) 02:30, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
- Yeah I guess. This is a very hard subject unfortunately and it’s hard to tell with all the different pieces of evidence put forth by different schools of thought. Mishael613 (talk) 02:52, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
- 600 thousand Jewish warriors + their women and children + the "mixed multitude" gives a conservative estimate of 2 million people and a realistic estimate of 3.5 million people. According to https://www.thetorah.com/article/ancient-egypt-population-estimates-slaves-and-citizens , the population of Egypt in 1250 BCE was 2.5 to 3 million. The same source estimates there were 200 thousand to 250 thousand slaves in Egypt at that time. tgeorgescu (talk) 03:01, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, I agree 100% that 3 million people did not leave Egypt. The folks who support a historical basis as Faust said put the number in the 100s or low thousands (he says this a few paragraphs after the quote about the majority view). Unfortunately, many parts of the story are miraculous and can only be explained with the interference of a supernatural force/God. Mishael613 (talk) 03:13, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
- 600 thousand Jewish warriors + their women and children + the "mixed multitude" gives a conservative estimate of 2 million people and a realistic estimate of 3.5 million people. According to https://www.thetorah.com/article/ancient-egypt-population-estimates-slaves-and-citizens , the population of Egypt in 1250 BCE was 2.5 to 3 million. The same source estimates there were 200 thousand to 250 thousand slaves in Egypt at that time. tgeorgescu (talk) 03:01, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
- Yeah I guess. This is a very hard subject unfortunately and it’s hard to tell with all the different pieces of evidence put forth by different schools of thought. Mishael613 (talk) 02:52, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
- It wasn't deleted, I just gave the full details of the matter. The reality of the Exodus, whatever it was, has little to do with the bigger than life story from the Bible. While archaeologists can accept an exodus of 60 or 600 slaves, they cannot accept an exodus of 2 or 3 million people leaving Egypt overnight (which could be more than the estimated population of Egypt at that time). tgeorgescu (talk) 02:30, 23 January 2024 (UTC)