This week, we aim to unmask in more detail this historically elusive character…elusive because scholars and historians have seriously considered expunging the entire history of the Jews from Abraham to David himself. Why? No archaeological trace of these patriarchs has ever been unearthed in present-day Israel. Nor will it ever be found, for reasons I divulged in last week’s article.
To briefly recap, we noted that the Old Testament paints a picture in which Abraham, the first “law keeper” (Genesis 26:5), was called up to Canaan where he sojourned until forced to leave the land for Egypt because of famine. In Egypt, his compatriots were eventually enslaved for centuries until Moses led them back to Canaan, their Promised Land, in the great Exodus – which land they were finally allowed to cross into after Moses’ death. Archaeology, however, reveals a different story. A pale-skinned “Asiatic” race called the Hyksos invaded and ruled Egypt for centuries, but was later ejected by indigenous pharaohs Kamoses and Ahmoses circa 1552 BC.
