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Why is there so little evidence for both the Exodus and the events described in the Book of Joshua?

Answered by . October 10, 2011 - 2:39 am

Absence of direct evidence for the Exodus is not surprising. Egyptian records are not well preserved, and there are serious gaps in the records due to physical loss or destruction, including an almost complete lack of records during the Exodus era. Egyptians did not differentiate between Semitic groups living in Egypt (and there were many), […]

Is there any early non-Christian evidence that Jesus existed?

Answered by . November 18, 2009 - 10:38 pm 4

Yes, there is. Some of the evidence is mentioned below. The Jewish historian Josephus mentions Jesus at least once in his Antiquities of the Jews (book 20, chapter 9; c. 93 AD): …Festus was now dead, and Albinus was but upon the road; so he [Ananus] assembled the sanhedrim of judges, and brought before them […]