PASSOVER PROOF LIES IN EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHS [Excerpts] Pharaohs papyrus scrolls may not seem the most reliable sources for investigating the story of the Israelites Exodus, but Egyptologist Galit Dayan has found in them much compelling evidence to support the historicity of the biblical tale....Dayan, who earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from Hebrew University in Jerusalem and is the wife of Jacob Dayan, Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles, told the group that linguistic evidence reveals an ancient and deeply involved Jewish presence in Egypt that eventually disappears. To illustrate, she drew remarkable parallels between the language of Egyptian papyrus (hieroglyphs), the haggadah and the Bible, all of which contain references to the Exodus story. In piecing together these manuscripts, Dayan framed an Exodus narrative based on facts of Egyptian history and language to prove her theory that a mass Exodus did occur and that it happened during the reign of Ramses II. In each of the Egyptian manuscripts Dayan discussed, the same familiar characters are mentioned: Moses (an Egyptian name), Pharaoh, the Red Sea/Sea of Reeds (Yam Suf in Hebrew), Hebrews, Israelites and the presence of slaves in Egypt. In one manuscript, known as the Ipuwer papyrus, there is an eerie description of chaos in Egypt: Plague is throughout the land, Dayans translation reads, blood is everywhere - the river is blood ... and the hail smote every herd of the field ... the land is without light and there is a thick darkness throughout the land ... the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt - from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the prison. ... jewishjournal/passover/article/passover_proof_lies_in_egyptian_hieroglyphs_20100324 read more of this amazing find --->
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 23:27:27 +0000
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