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The Ipuwer papyrus describes Egypt's experiencing the Plagues: "Pestilence is throughout the land....the river is blood, death is not scarce...there is no food...neither fruit nor herbs can be found...barley has perished...all is ruin...the statues are burned" (Professor John van Seters, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology no. 50).
The plagues were also described by ancient historians, including Herodotus and Diodorus. The Exodus is mentioned by Strabo, Berosus, Artapanus, Numenius, Justin, and Tacitus.
But in any case, few nations are content to record embarrassing setbacks honestly. Even today, British and American textbooks describe the American Revolution in very different ways.
An example of the above principle:
The destruction of Sennacherib's army at the walls of Jerusalem was denied by secular theorists, because the Assyrians made no mention of it. But then it was found that Berosus and Herodotus both state that Sennacherib's military campaign in Judea ended in plague and defeat. It should not surprise us that the Assyrians themselves didn't record their own losses.
It is only the Hebrew Bible, because of its Divine origin, that exposes the faults of its own people and even magnifies them.
In no other religious text can one find such openness. None of the Israelites were immune to strong criticism: Abraham (Genesis 16:5), Reuben (Gen.ch.35), Simeon and Levi (Gen.ch.34 and 49), Judah (Gen.ch.38), Joseph's brothers (Gen.ch.37), Moses (Numbers ch.20), Aaron (Exodus 32:2-4), Samson (Judges 14:1-3), Eli's sons (1 Samuel 2:12), Samuel's sons (1 Samuel 8:1-3), Saul (1 Samuel ch.15), David (2 Samuel ch.11-12), Solomon (1 Kings ch.11), and many others.
The Ipuwer papyrus describes Egypt's experiencing the Plagues: "Pestilence is throughout the land....the river is blood, death is not scarce...there is no food...neither fruit nor herbs can be found...barley has perished...all is ruin...the statues are burned" (Professor John van Seters, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology no. 50).
The plagues were also described by ancient historians, including Herodotus and Diodorus. The Exodus is mentioned by Strabo, Berosus, Artapanus, Numenius, Justin, and Tacitus.
But in any case, few nations are content to record embarrassing setbacks honestly. Even today, British and American textbooks describe the American Revolution in very different ways.
An example of the above principle:
The destruction of Sennacherib's army at the walls of Jerusalem was denied by secular theorists, because the Assyrians made no mention of it. But then it was found that Berosus and Herodotus both state that Sennacherib's military campaign in Judea ended in plague and defeat. It should not surprise us that the Assyrians themselves didn't record their own losses.
It is only the Hebrew Bible, because of its Divine origin, that exposes the faults of its own people and even magnifies them.
In no other religious text can one find such openness. None of the Israelites were immune to strong criticism: Abraham (Genesis 16:5), Reuben (Gen.ch.35), Simeon and Levi (Gen.ch.34 and 49), Judah (Gen.ch.38), Joseph's brothers (Gen.ch.37), Moses (Numbers ch.20), Aaron (Exodus 32:2-4), Samson (Judges 14:1-3), Eli's sons (1 Samuel 2:12), Samuel's sons (1 Samuel 8:1-3), Saul (1 Samuel ch.15), David (2 Samuel ch.11-12), Solomon (1 Kings ch.11), and many others.
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The question limits answers to Jewish views that the Exodus is unproven, so I will not include the views of gentiles or other extensive research that has effectvely proven that the Exodus described in The Bible never really happened.
Josh Mintz writes in Haaretz ('Were Jews Ever Really Slaves in Egypt, or Is Passover a Myth?') "We tend to ... overlook the fact that one of the biggest events of the Jewish calendar is predicated upon reminding the next generation every year of how the Egyptians were our cruel slave-masters, in a bondage that likely never happened." He goes on to say, "The reality is that there is no evidence whatsoever that the Jews were ever enslaved in Egypt. Yes, there's the story contained within the bible itself, but that's not a remotely historically admissible source."
Carl S. Ehrlich says in 'The Exodus Story as Jewish Mnemohistory', "Although people often say that Judaism is a religion of history, it is more accurately a religion of memory. The stories of the Torah are not factual descriptions of our past as much as they are a record of how we think about our past and how we think about ourselves and our relationship with God."
Israel Finkelstein, chairman of the Archaeology Department at Tel Aviv University, with archaeology historian Neil Asher Silberman, say in The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Text, "The Israelites were never in Egypt, did not wander in the desert, did not conquer the land [of Canaan] in a military campaign and did not pass it on to the twelve tribes of Israel. Perhaps even harder to swallow is the fact that the United Kingdom of David and Solomon, described in the Bible as a regional power, was at most a small tribal kingdom."
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What is the Jewish celebration of the exodus?
Passover is the Jewish celebration of liberation from Egypt.=========================================The origin of the Jewish observances of Sabbath, Passover, and Shavuot are describedin the book of Exodus.
The single most important event in Jewish history is their exodus from .?
From a historical perspective, the single most important event in Jewish history was the Babylonian Exile, but this, and the return from Exile, are not really an 'Exodus'.The story of the Exodus from Egypt was important in Jewish biblical tradition, but not in history. Nearly all scholars say there was no Exodus from Egypt as described in The Bible, so the Exodus could not be important in a normal historical sense.
The single most important event in Jewish history is their exodus from what?
Egypt. And you're wrong. The most important event was the Giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, not the Exodus.
How do the Jews view deafness?
Jewish people view deafness as a disability and deaf people cannot be held liable for all the responsibilities of a Jewish adult.
How did Jewish people view Jesus?
The Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
Where were the Jewish people exodus from?
The Jewish people had a exodus from Egypt to Canaan , the promised land.
What is the Jewish celebration of the exodus?
Passover is the Jewish celebration of liberation from Egypt.=========================================The origin of the Jewish observances of Sabbath, Passover, and Shavuot are describedin the book of Exodus.
What Jewish holy book describes the story of the exodus?
The Book of Exodus.
Did the book of exodus observe Jewish holy texts?
The book of Exodus IS one of the Jewish holy texts. It does not "observe" holy texts.
What is the Jewish book that explains exodus?
Exodus is the name of the book. The book of Exodus itself is explained in the Midrash and in Rashi's commentary.
Is the Hur in exodus 17 the same Hur as exodus 35?
According to Jewish tradition, the answer is yes.
The single most important event in Jewish history is their exodus from .?
From a historical perspective, the single most important event in Jewish history was the Babylonian Exile, but this, and the return from Exile, are not really an 'Exodus'.The story of the Exodus from Egypt was important in Jewish biblical tradition, but not in history. Nearly all scholars say there was no Exodus from Egypt as described in The Bible, so the Exodus could not be important in a normal historical sense.
What Jewish festival celebrates their exodus from Egpyt?
passover
Name the celebration of the Jewish people desoribed in the book of Exodus?
Pesach (Passover). Exodus ch.12.
What is the event in Jewish history commemorated by pesach and its reference source?
The Exodus. Source: Exodus ch.12.
What Jewish holiday celebrates the liberation and redemption of the exodus?
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What is Jewish peoples Passage to Freedom called?
The Exodus (from slavery in Egypt)
