tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611656694539409003.post4547902531588272799..comments2023-11-03T02:13:10.341-07:00Comments on The Quran and the Bible: A Muslim Investigation: The Exodus from Egypt - Part IIFaiz S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397185181754199451noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611656694539409003.post-23964107853104167572014-12-03T17:00:11.530-08:002014-12-03T17:00:11.530-08:00Another interesting fact to consider is that thoug...Another interesting fact to consider is that though there were slaves in Ancient Egypt, they were not foreigners who were living in Egypt, but people from areas outside of Egypt, who were conquered.<br /><br /><br />According to at least one contemporary Egyptologist, Thomas Schneider. Professor of Egyptology and New Eastern Studies at the University of British Columbia, it would appear that the ancient Egyptians were more tolerant of and less prejudiced toward immigrants than present day Americans are. In his book Ancient Egypt In 101 Questions and Answers, Cornell University Press, Ithaca NY, 2013 - Original German edition, Munich, 2010), Professor Schneider writes:<br /><br />"According to widespread opinion, in ancient Egypt there was no evidence of explicit discrimination or persecution of persons of non-Egyptian ethnic or religious affiliations. Immanuel Geiss, an expert in the history of racism, has gone so far as to call Pharaonic Egypt 'the most ancient and impressive example for refuting racist theories'."<br /><br />Professor Schneider continues:<br /><br />"When Egyptian sources depict foreigners as representatives of barbarism and chaos, these are always persons outside Egypt, not immigrants into Egypt, who quickly became acculturated...In the New Kingdom, if not earlier, ethnicity was even a positive trait that a person could vaunt, and which did not entail professional or social disadvantage."<br /><br />He also writes:<br /><br />"Such generalization do not mean that there were never tensions between established residents and immigrants, but we have so far no evidence of discrimination or persecution by the state, the priesthood, or ordinary people prior to the first millennium BCE".<br /><br />(All the above quotations are from page 233 of this book.)<br /><br />http://blogs.ilw.com/entry.php?7791-Were-Ancient-Egyptians-Friendlier-to-Immigrants-Than-Americans-are-By-Roger-Algase<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611656694539409003.post-67662152529764631492014-11-29T23:14:26.015-08:002014-11-29T23:14:26.015-08:00Also, just to be clear on what you are saying, do ...Also, just to be clear on what you are saying, do you believe that Canaan is the "Holy Land"? <br /><br />Thank you for this article and for answering my questions. This is a fascinating topic to explore. <br /><br />- Peter CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611656694539409003.post-21135992588278400372014-11-29T22:08:25.524-08:002014-11-29T22:08:25.524-08:00You also pointed out that in the areas of Canaan o...You also pointed out that in the areas of Canaan occupied by the Israelites there was an absence of pork bones.<br /><br />How is this relevant to Islam? Do you believe that the absence of pork bones is an indicator that these people were following the religion sent down by God?<br /><br />Take care,<br />Peter CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6611656694539409003.post-52595545210110131162014-11-29T22:05:14.384-08:002014-11-29T22:05:14.384-08:00This is a very well written article, Faiz. I am go...This is a very well written article, Faiz. I am going to leave some comments.<br /><br />Great job in pointing out more Biblical errors, and in your research which is extensive as usual.<br /><br />You seem to be claiming that the Apiru included the Israelites, and they fled from Canaan to Egypt because of famine.<br /><br />The source you cite claims:<br /><br /> “…numerous texts from the fifteenth century onward give evidence of the presence of ῾Apiru in Egypt. ῾Apiru had been brought there as captives as early as Amenophis II (ca. 1438-1412), if not before, while in documents of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasties they appear repeatedly as state slaves. We can scarcely doubt that among them were components of the later Israel.”[9]<br /><br />If the Israelites came to Egypt because they fled famine from there and settled in during the reign of the Hyskos, how could they have been among the Apiru slaves who were brought to Egypt by Amenhopis II? Your source states that the Apiru were "brought into" Egypt. The Israelites were allegedly already there.<br /><br />- Peter CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com