The latest watchtowel (March 2020) study edition has a question from readers ‘What evidence exists outside the Bible that the Israelites were slaves in Egypt?’ from what I read in The Bible Unearthed there being nothing to base any claims on. The article gives a quote by ‘Dr. Bimson : “The biblical traditions of the bondage in Egypt and of the Exodus have a firm historical basis.” no links or sources given. So I did some research and found a whole pdf from where this was taken from and the quote is no where near what they seem to be wanting the reader to conclude/believe. Personally I do not care any which way it goes.
But washtowel certainly misquotes dr.bimson. Here is a little gist from where it was taken from and decide for yourself.If I am seeing this wrong let me know: " IN the opening pages of Redating the Exodus and Conquest, 1
John J. Bimson identifies two major assumptions of his study.
First, he maintains that "the biblical traditions of the bondage in Egypt and of the Exodus have a firm historical basis."
It is 2MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS but they write it down as if they were facts.
F###### Slave-Holders
Here is the link : https://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/gtj/04-2_245.pdf
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