Hey Buz.
ZenMonkey can correct me if I'm wrong, but since he hasn't responded to your post, perhaps I can attempt to clarify his what I think his position may be.
I believe he's referring not to evidence (or lack thereof) for the actual Red Sea crossing, but for evidence (or lack thereof) for a large number of Hebrews inhabiting what would be, for all intents and purposes, a large chunk of Egypt for 400-odd years. Should we not find
some trinket, pottery, etc. unique to the ancient Israelites in
some area of Egypt, if a unique people occupied a certain area for this long? Should there not be
some record of this captivity in Egyptian records of the day? Should there not be
some Egyptian cultural influence on the culture of their captives? Something? Anything?
I think he's drawing the parallel to what we
should find (and do, in many cases) if a large group of non-native peoples (aka Norsemen) occupies an area not intrinsic to that people's culture.
Although up to the present no direct archaeological evidence has been found of Israel's sojourn in Egypt...
Sojourn
(In light of full disclosure, lest I'm accused of quotemining, the website goes on to discuss why, especially in the absence of such evidence, we
must, therefore, believe the exodus is a factual event.
)
Have a good one.
{abe: If my representation of ZenMonkey's innermost thoughts reveals my failures as a psychic, then I present this as my own
original question.
}
Edited by Apothecus, : psychic failings
"My own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we
can suppose. J.B.S Haldane 1892-1964