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Why does the Bible identify Mitsrayim with Egypt? [closed]
Abraham went to Mitsrayim c. 2000 BCE. At that time the Egyptians knew themselves as Kemet, not Misr. The earliest reference to the name Misr to my knowledge is from the Amarna Letters c. 1350 BCE. ...
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Is there an example of Egypt recording defeat?
Some defenders of the Torah's historical accuracy respond to a lack of evidence for the exodus from Egypt with the claim that Egypt simply didn't make records of its negative events. For example, ...
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What was the estimated population living in Egypt around 1446 BC?
The biblical narrative in Exodus 11 tells that all firstborn sons of Egypt died in a single night. While maybe there's no historical evidence of that, it would be interesting to know what was the ...
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