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Moses and the Exodus
in Ancient Historical Documents

On Legends

The purpose of this paper is to show all the ancient documents that may shed light of the date of the Exodus and the name each nation gave to Moses. Many of these works are no longer existent, so only portions of them are quoted by other historians.

Josephus is careful to point out that while the records of the Hebrews, Chaldeans, and Phoenicians were very accurate, the records of the Egyptians and Greeks have dates that are way off compared with the consensus of all the other accounts, and sometimes they add wholly factious events.

Records of the Exodus
1 Babylonian
1 Phoenician (Tyre)
5 Egyptian
1 Greek/Roman
3 Hebrew
6 Early Church Fathers

Early Church Fathers:

Hebrew Documents:

Egyptian Documents:

Phoenician Documents:

Babylonian Documents:

Greek/Roman Documents:

Other:

Notes on Chronology:

     
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