"We believe, teach and confess that all Scripture is given by the inspiration of God the Holy Spirit and that God is therefore the true Author of every word of Scripture." Source
Does the Bible even say when the Exodus occurred? I know the dates aren’t supposed to line up with Egyptology but does the Bible even say?"We believe, teach and confess that all Scripture is given by the inspiration of God the Holy Spirit and that God is therefore the true Author of every word of Scripture." Source
I'm fascinated with Egyptology especially the younger dryas impact theory and how that relates to global flooding, etc. I would say the debate on Egyptian chronology is far from settled and scholarly consensus changes based on new discoveries, pet theories, influence from donors, etc. The science in Egyptology isn't very scientific IMO but it sure is fun.
Egyptian chronology confusion
Why are there so many different opinions when it comes to revising Egyptian chronology?creation.com
Yours in the Lord,
jm
I honestly can't say with any certainty just that fallible man has tried to figure it all out based on the ages given in the biblical text. Bishop James Ussher's work comes to mind. Two other works, The sacred and profane history of the world connected and Earth's earliest ages are exciting accounts worth reading.
The Bible never says in 2000 BC Abraham was born or this was the year of the Exodus etc. But we know from the time Solomon began building the Temple of the Lord that the Exodus was 480 years before. See 1 Kings 6:1, however, this number is debated. See this link.
I'm LCMS, and have a history degree, but that doesn't make me an expert in Egyptology. Dating ancient events is very difficult. Maybe people who live in a highly organized society obsessed with keeping records don't fully appreciate that not all of history nor all societies are that way. In some societies objective time is not important. Even in some where records were kept their reference points have been lost to history.
Well, firstly Egyptologists need to learn French and German to read everything; then there aren't a lot of Christian Egyptologists besides Dr Falk who I think is working on the Exodus timeline himself. It's insanely complicated and most specialize in a tiny particular area like Solar religion, or epigraphy, so it has to be one who specializes in that one topic I think. Not to be too negative, but between the rising water table in Egypt ruining artifacts, and the war in Sudan (the later pharaohs from Sudan) , the future is grim for this field.
