(Religion Group) The Case of the Exodus that didn't happen [View all]
As Jews gather all over the world to celebrate there Spring Festival, I find myself once again wondering at treating a fictional story and and a completely mythical man as if it was true.
The Haggadah is basically a long thank you note to God for rescuing the Jewish people from Israel, while bringing unspeakable torment down on the Egyptians. The only problem, there is not historical evidence that the Jews were ever in Egypt and the records do not support any slavery like that described in the Bible there.
The best explanation is this tale was a combination of Babylonian myth and colored by the Jewish slavery in Babylon. Fully a thousand years after the story of Moses supposedly occurred.
But like reciting the Night Before Christmas as if Santa really visited all the boys and girls. Jewish people repeat this story every year as a confirmation of how much God loves them.
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