Israeli archeologists have more reason than anyone to prove Exodus, yet cant find evidence of settlement that could have accomodated up to 3 million....from that size population one could field a decent size army as a serious challenge to oppressors.
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The mystery ghost writers of the gospels have Matthew putting the birth of Jesus in the time of Herod I (the great) while Luke puts it almost a decade later in 6 AD, when Rome canned the client King arrangement by booting out Herod Archelaus (son of Herod I) and ruling Judea directly through the Roman legate of Syria Publius Quirinius - who conducted the census that had Joe and Mary in Bethlehem.
-Bulletproof and Waterproof don't mean Idiotproof.