Jack the Bodiless

You seem to have missed my point. I have no problem calling Akhenaten a "monotheist". However, the JEWS (at this time) were not monotheists, in any sense.

figuer

I think likewise. "Fabrication" indicates a deliberate act of constructing a deception (not that this is imposible).

Most likely they were simply writting (with many embelishments), stories that oral tradition had distorted beyond recognition.

The basic idea of the Exodus, that a group of Hebrews (5-10 thousand?) or other Canaanites/Semites, had been enslaved in Egypt and scaped, is not fantastical or unbelievable in itself (it doesn't even need archeological proof to be considered posible).

What makes it fantastical are the numbers of people involved, the plagues, the miracles, the years of wandering in the desert, etc.

Larsguy47

Oh, okay. It would seem not, unfortunately. They did tend to set up a golden calf rather quickly. It's not like it was such a novice idea. I wouldn't argue the point, certainly.

Thanks for the clarification.

LG47