Moses, the prophet and hero of the Hebrew bible.
He’s been depicted countless times in literary works and cinema.
But the general consensus among scholars is that he was a legendary figure, and not an
actual person who existed in real life.
So what if moses was real?
That’s the question we’re asking, right now on life’s biggest questions.
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users comments Most of us are familiar with the story of
moses by now.
It states in the book of exodus that moses was born during a time when the Israelites
were enslaved, and increasing in numbers.
The Egyptian pharoh who ruled them was growing concerned that the Israelites might form alliances
with egypts enemies.
So the pharroah ordered all newborn hebru babies to be killed, to still the growth of
the Hebrew population.
But moses, during this purge, was hidden by his mother Jochebed, set him afloat along
the nile river.
He was found by the pharaohs daughter Bithia, He was adopted by the royal family, and named
moses, an Egyptian name.
Somewhere along the way, moses found out he was Hebrew, and he killed an Egyptian slavemaster
for brutally assaulting a hebru.
Moses fled Egypt and went to Midian, where he encountered god, who spoke to im through
a burning bush.
God demanded that moses be sent back to Egypt to demand the release of the Israelites from
slavery.
But the pharaoh refused his request.
So as a result, god sent 10 plages upon Egypt.
Then, Led by moses, the slaves fled Egypt and crossed the red sea, which moses parted.
This event is commemorate this event on Passover.
The Israelites based themselves at mount Sinai, and moses then received the 10 commendments.
Moses is also mentioned in the koran, only in the Koran, he is called Musa.
He is also mentioned in Christian scripture, and he appeared to jesus at the transfiguration.
And Moses is supposed to have been the person who wrote the torah.
But Outside of biblical scripture, there is hardly any evidence that proves that he exists.
That’s right, nada..
No archological records, no historical records.
Egyptians, who were famous for their records, mention moses or the series of events in Exodus.
There isn’t even a time frame for when the events that took place in the exodus happened.
We also don’t know who the pharoh in exodus was.
Films portray him as ramesses the second.
But historians have not found any evidence to support the claim that he lived during
the reign of Ramesses the second.
According to Cyprian Broodbank, professor of archaeology at Cambridge university, exodus
was, at best, a refracted folk memory of earlier expulsions of Levantine people.
I mean think about it.
Religious historians say the Israelite population of Egypt at 2 to 3 million people.
2 to 3 million men women and children fleeing Egypt?
Why isn’t there any historical record of that anywhere?
Egyptologists have reportedly fond no record of the hebru people in Egypt, or the 10 plagues.
That being said, there were 100 Egyptian kinds that are not accounted for, only 20 are confirmed
by inscriptions.
And the area of the nile delta was damp, and any evidence could have been destroyed.
If Moses was real, it would have been more likely that he left Egypt with a much smaller
exodus group, not millions of people, perhaps a few thousand.
And the 10 plagues?
Its unlikely that they happened.
The 10 plagues are probably just myths.
At least, I hope they were.
But, If Moses was real, that would mean he somehow crossed the red sea with fleeing slaves.
He might not have parted the red sea with the help of god, but There are a couple of
scientific explanations for this iconic story.
According to some experts, models suggest that strong winds could have swept through
a lagoon in the Nile delta, not the actual red sea.
Essentially, the red sea was likely not a sea, but a sea of reeds, a swamp.
Interestingly, Yam Suph, the name for the red sea, could be translated to reed sea or
red sea.
This could have created a channel that would have allowed the fleeing Israelites to cross.
The sea of reeds once laid where the suez canal now runs.
Crossing a swamp isn’t nearly as cool as crossing a sea that has bee parted in two,
but it might have been what actually happened if Moses was in fact a real person.
According to actor Christian bale who played moses in the film Exodus: God and kings, Moses
was likely schizophrenic, and he’s also one of the most barbaric characters he’s
ever read about in his entire life.
I mean, that’s definitely a possibility.
Moses did talk to a burning bush that he believed was god.
If moses was real and bushes really were speaking to him, I would be pretty concerned for him.
But just because moses was probably not an actual person, at least not the person described
in exodus, that doesn’t mean the story of exodus is not significant or important.
But we hope this video has at least given you some insight into what actually happened,
and what would happen if moses was real.
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My life would be complete Dominick Majors – I wonder why no on eever
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otherwise they couldn’t travel to earth to attack it.
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