from: Israel Finkelstein /
Neil A. Silberman: The Bible unearthed.
Archeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin
of Its Sacred Texts; The Free Press, a division of Simon
& Schuster, Inc., 2001; German edition has got the
title "No trombones before Jericho" (orig. German:
"Keine Posaunen vor Jericho"): edition C.H.Beck oHG,
Munich 2002;
Here in this analysis is used the
German version "Keine Posaunen vor Jericho" of DTV,
Munich 2004, second edition of 2005. All page
indications refer to the German version. I hope the page
numbers are not very different.
Moses
is said having proclaimed the laws
OT claims:
-- only in the Eastbank in the plain of
Moab Moses is said having proclaimed the precise text of
the laws which have to be followed when Canaan should be
occupied well (p.65)
-- 5th Moses book (Deuteronomy)
indicates that Moses is said having written on Mount Nebo
the 5 Moses books with it's own hand shortly before his
death (p.22).
The alleged warning of Moses that all
laws have to be fulfilled precisely
OT claims:
God is said having stood before the Jews
when they were at the frontier entering Canaan, and God is
said having ordered an ethnic cleansing in Canaan
destroying all traces of idolatry destroying all
Canaanites (p.87).
Before his death Moses is said having
stressed who important would be to fulfill all laws of god
for a successful occupation of the promised land (p.87)
respectively the new "Book of Law" claims that the new
"laws" should be fulfilled in all their details so the
sins of generations before will be overcome and the whole
land will be Jewish (p.110).
Moses is said having stated that the
Jews will perform the occupation of the land and will keep
the occupation
-- when the law of the alliance will be
followed strictly
-- when there will not be marriages with
the neighbors [this law goes against any anti racism law]
-- when every involvement into heathen
style of life of Canaan will be omitted (p.112).
[There
is a big contradiction with this law
It's not comprehensible why God will
"promise" land to a group of humans which has to be
occupied first by wars and religious mass murder. Add to
this this region is a transit country for the big Empires
and will be occupied again and again by new powers. In any
other region will be more peace than there].
The alleged appointment of the new war
leader Joshua
OT claims:
Before his death Moses is said having
appointed Joshua - his adjutant for many years - as the
war leader for the alleged occupation of the land (p.87).
Joshua is the sun of Nun. Joshua is said having been the
new war leader for the occupation and ethnic cleansing
action (p.65).
The alleged death of Moses
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OT claims:
-- Moses shall die as the last member of the group
which had the experience in Egypt (p.87)
-- Moses himself is said having died on Mount Nebo
(p.65).
Moses is said having prescribed his own death.
This is really not possible...
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Map
with Mount Nebo with the towns Dibon and
Jericho. In the period of Moses Jericho has no
population.
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Conclusion: Heroism
of Moses exodus is a fake in combination with the
political situation of 720 B .C. appr.
All proofs and evidence indicate that
the exodus of Moses was written in the second half of 7th
century B.C. and in the first half of 6th century B.C.,
because many places refer to the political landscape of
the 7th century B.C. (p.82). But during the alleged exodus
these places had no population and played no political
role (p.78).
So, the exodus from Egypt is a
composition of different periods of times (p.78):
-- not one single Egypt ruler of the
time of the claimed exodus is mentioned with it's name in
OT, but later the rulers are always mentioned with their
names
-- the only real reason for a migration
in the desert migrating on Sinai peninsula would be the
fright of the of the coastal road by the Israeli masses of
600,000 migrants, but the Egypt fortress system is never
mentioned in the Moses books, and at the same time the
supervision of the coastal road is very strong during 7th
century B.C. as it was during the alleged exodus from
Egypt (p.79).
[The evidence of the Egypt chain of
fortresses is missing in the Bible
The fact that the Egypt fortress
system on the coastal road is missing, this is a main
evidence that the whole exodus of Moses is an invention.
Or the fortresses had been empty for 40 years during the
exodus, but archeology would have made out this jump in
the cultural development comparing articles of daily use,
and empty fortresses would not make any sense].
[Calumniation
of kingdom of Moab and kingdom of Ammon also is wrong -
the war since 1948
The invention of kingdoms having blocked
the masses of population under Moses also is wrong because
these kingdoms Moab and Ammon did not exist in these times
according to the archaeological excavations. So, Old
Testament is a systematic calumniation having a
propagandistic war reason for a later time. It can even be
admitted that the wars between racist Zionist Israel and
its neighbors since 1948 always get new mental stipulation
by these calumniations].
Donald Redford: Exodus under
leadership of Moses is a legend in combination with the
geographical conditions of 7th century B.C.
Archaeologist and egyptologist
Donald Redford comes to the conclusion that all geographic
conditions of the exodus are implanted from 7th century
B.C. So, all events with the faked exodus can be explained
(p.79):
-- the location of Pithom in the eastern
part of Nile Delta was constructed as a town at the end of
the 7th century B.C. and before hardly is any population
there
-- the designation of Migdol is a
general denomination for fortresses in the New Reich, but
as a geographic name in the eastern Nile Delta Migdol is
only important in the 7th century B.C., mentioned in
Jeremiah 44,1 and 46,14
-- Gosen as a location for Jews coming
from Canaan arriving in Egypt (Genesis 45,10) is not an
Egypt name, but is a Semite name of Arab Kedarite kings,
and only since 6th century B.C. Arab population is coming
to the delta taking over the power there in 5th century
B.C. (p.80).
A short summary is like this:
Jewish immigration to Egypt and also the
exodus under the leadership of Moses seem to be a free
composition of histories and legends. But casually all
mentioned places and states correspond with the map of 7th
century B.C. (p.82).
Finkelstein / Silberman are joining this
thesis because "Torah and history presented in Deuteronomy
in fact has got characteristics having been written in the
7th century B.C." (p.34)
[Conclusion:
Identity of Israelites (Jews) is formed
in the mountain villages of Canaan and in the desert of
Jordan of today, and in Egypt the Jews hardly had
something to do.
Slavery in Egypt is a lie and can be
dropped. The construction of a town Ramses with slavery is
a lie and can be dropped. And also heroism of a child of
Moses found in a little basket in Nile river, and the
great migration 40 years in the desert under leadership of
Moses are a lie and can be dropped, and also the laws of
Moses are a lie and can be dropped. All this is an
invention of Orthodox priests who abused their competence
being able to read and to write - to the contrary the
masses of the populations in these times were illiterates
yet. And by this all reasons of hatred against Egypt fall
away for all Jews - oh, this is bad for war mongers racist
Zionists. There is no propaganda against Egypt any
more!!!].
Photo sources
-- map with Mount Nebo, Dibon and Jericho,
which is uninhabited during the alleged Moses times:
David Rohl: Pharaohs and Prophets (orig.
German: Pharaonen und Propheten); edition Bechtermünz 1995
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