If you think about it for just one minute, wouldn't it make sense to have biblical archeology searching for biblical events?
No, not at all. Because these people go in with pre-conceived beliefs and will be looking for things they can use to support what they already believe. In other words, they will give the answer before asking the question and then go into the field looking for specific things they can use to support their pre-defined answer.
Whereas an actual archeologist goes in with a blank mind and will look at all the evidence and only then form his conclusion.
An actual archeologists doesn't give an answer before asking the question.
Why would other archeologists be searching for evidence of the Exodus?
Why even search for it in the first place? If the event took place, evidence for it will surface. Let the data do the talking. Don't go in with preconceived notions. Because all that will result in is confirmation bias.
Believe it or not, the Exodus is a Biblical Event.
A biblical event, yes. Not an actual event.
"Evidence for ancient events is very difficult to come by. Sometimes, to be sure, indications of an event’s historicity is uncovered but more often all that can be done is to see whether the event can plausibly fit into what is presently known about the historical period. Lack of direct evidence does not disprove an ancient event. Nor can the existence of evidence only in later literary texts be taken as an argument against their reliability; the discovery of ancient Troy came about on the evidence of the much later writings of Homer."
That's a false analogy. Homer's writings weren't considered to be true by default due to religious motivations. The searches triggered by these texts are done to validate the texts, to see if they are thrustworthy or not. This is not the same thing and you know it.
"We may not possess, at least at present, conclusive proof that the Israelites left Egypt en masse as the Bible describes. What we do have, though, are several indications of the Exodus’ historicity, and ample evidence that the biblical account is entirely plausible.
It is a simple matter to claim that lack of clear, decisive external confirmation of the biblical account is itself a disproof, but no rational person believes that what has not been proven is false. What can be stated with certainly, however, is that there is no consensus that the Exodus is a myth."
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Ignoring all the evidence against exodus will not help.
If more then a million jews were slaves of egypt, this would be documented in egyptian history. But it isn't.
If more then a million slaves simply walked out of Egypt into freedom, this would be documented not only in egyptian history, but also in the records of their neighbours and enemis, who would enjoy this embarassement a alot. But it isn't. Also, that many slaves suddenly leaving the country would have enormously extreme impacts on that society, especially ecomomically. To the point where it should collapse in on itself. You can't just get rid of a million free workers overnight and expect the country to have no problems. Not even only for slaves... I live in Belgium... if 1 million people would migrate out of Belgium overnight, Belgium would plummeth into a deep economic crisis. This would be pretty disastrous. There is no trace of such impact to be found anywhere. At all. Think about it.
If more then a million jews wondered the desert for decades, this would leave a trace in said desert. But this trace isn't there. We find evidence of small nomadic tribes, but somehow you expect me to believe that evidence of a group of a million people just evaporated.
Having said that, there's a lot of (actual) evidence that suggests that jews ARE caanites. More specifically, jews were the lower class who revolted against the elite. Culturally, it is VERY hard (if at all possible) to tell an early israelite from a caanite. The culture is almost identical.
Everything points to the lower class revolting against the elite, naming themselves "israel" and then coming up with a mythology to explain their history (much like the Romans did when explaining the foundation of Rome... )
Claiming that hundreds of thousands of jews were slaves in Egypt is a very bold claim that should be easily supportable by evidence.
Claiming that a million slaves simply walked out of egypt is a very bold claim that should be easily supportable by evidence.
Claiming that a million jews wondered around the desert for decades is a very bold claim that should be easily supportable by evidence.
Yet, none of these claims can be shown to be even only rooted in truth.
And there's plenty of reason to assume the opposite.
All you have is religious mythology.
