Hermione Wrote:
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> Roxana Cooper Wrote:
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>
> > The Hebrews were slaves in Egypt
>
> It's been suggested that some Hebrews were
> slaves - probably Levites.
>
> > but there's
> > nothing in the Bible about building pyramids. As
> I
> > recall they built treasure cities in the Delta.
> > Pi-Ramses for one.
>
> (For more on Pi-Ramses, scroll down to "Biblical
> Ramesses on Wiki -
> [en.wikipedia.org]; Exodus
> 1:11, probably the work of Source E -
> [en.wikipedia.org] - so ca. 9th
> cent. BCE - 3/400 years after Pi-Ramesses was
> built.)

What about the idea that the early Hebrews were slaves/serfs but never worked in Egypt proper but were instead involved within that part of the Egyptian Empire in the area of Canaan?