Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Numbers 31" in English language version.
the overwhelming scholarly consensus today is that Moses is a mythical figure
the overwhelming scholarly consensus today is that Moses is a mythical figure
the overwhelming scholarly consensus today is that Moses is a mythical figure
Israel itself did not exist until approximately 1100 BCE when various Semitic tribes joined in Canaan to form a single independent kingdom, at least 600 years after the completion of the last of Egypt's large pyramids. Thus it is not possible for any Israelites to have been in Egypt at the time, either slave or free; as there was not yet any such thing as an Israelite.