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Raamses, Pithom, and the Exodus: A Critical Evaluation of Ex 1:11

Schipper, Bernd Ulrich·2015·Vetus Testamentum
DOI 10.1163/15685330-12301194
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Up to the present, the brief notice on the storage cities of “Pithom” and “Raamses” and the forced labour of the Israelites in Ex 1:11 has been taken as the historical nucleus of a possible exodus scenario under Ramesses ii. This article presents a critical evaluation of the classical theory, taking into account recent insights in Archaeology, Egyptology, and Philology. Since a number of arguments call the classical theory into question, a historical background of Ex 1:11 in the late 7th century bce becomes more likely, when Judahites had to perform forced labour for the Egyptian hegemon in the Southern Levant.

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Authors
Schipper, B. U.
Affiliations
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
Corresponding author
Schipper, Bernd Ulrich
ORCID
Schipper, Bernd Ulrich
Venue
Vetus Testamentum
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Published
2015-05-08
Volume
65
Issue
2
Pages
265-288
ISSN
  • 0042-4935 (ISSN-L)
  • 1568-5330
DOI
10.1163/15685330-12301194
OpenAlex
W290895325
Cited by
4
References
62
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2016: 1
FWCI
6.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Vetus Testamentum (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Egypt and Archaeology
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Classical Antiquity Studies
Keywords
Exodus, Ramesses II, Southern Levant, 7th century BC, biblical historiography, Egyptian archaeology

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