Atheos

Although I was gratuitous in expressing my opinion that the whole thing was a myth, that wasn't the point of my post. The point was to to adhere to the topic at hand by giving consideration to all the economic impact that would have befallen Egypt had the Exodus happened as described in the myth.

Nonetheless it would appear to me that you answered your own question.
That's exactly right. The sort of evidence that one would expect to find (if things had happened according to the biblical account) would be evidence of a rapid and decisive collapse of the Egyptian dynasty circa 1500 BCE.

The evidence couldn't be more contrary if it had been arranged. Not only is there no evidence of economic turmoil of any sort during this period, but there is overwhelming evidence of the prosperity and success enjoyed by Egypt during the late bronze age.

According to professor Donald Redford, who unlike me is an expert on these matters, Egypt was one of the most powerful empires in existence throughout the period in question. They had a robust economy, strong occupational armies and they occupied the entire region of Caanan during the time Israel was supposedly plundering the land under Joshua.

Moreover, he claims that while it's an argument from silence, the point remains that the "silence is absolutely watertight". There are no holes in the silence about the expulsion of upwards of two million people from the region during the time in question. Redford seems convinced that such an exodus would have left evidence in the archaeological materials he has investigated.

He also reports that Egypt had lots of garrisons stationed throughout the areas that the Israelites would have wandered during their 40 year sojourn in the wilderness. Records exist of reports back to Egypt from these garrisons during the time in question. Not even a tiny band of nomads could move through without word being sent back to headquarters. The movement of upwards of two million people throughout that region would have been documented thoroughly. Yet not a single report exists about this massive movement of people.

And of course as I mentioned earlier, there is abundant archeological evidence of Egypt's absolute control over the entire land of Caanan during the time in question. If the Exodus occurred as described in the bible, the Israelites would have left the Nile Delta to get away from Egypt, wandered 40 years in the wilderness and arrived in Caanan, right back in the middle of fortified and occupied Egyptian provinces.

hinduwoman

:notworthy:

I am going to use this when any Christian asks why Hindus worship cows.
Can I do it, pretty please?

Lugubert

Completely destroys the argument that finding no mentioning of an Exodus is an argument from silence and thus to be ignored. There are cases where there should be findings (and lots of them), and if you don't find any, that's proof enough.