Were Hebrews Ever Slaves in Ancient Egypt? Yes

Haaretz ^ | April 14, 2016 | Philippe Bohstrom

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The keywords Hittite, Hittites, Hattusa, Hattusas, and Hatti; sorted newest to oldest, duplicates out, five 'zot' topics out (how they got in, anyone's guess):

• The Last Days of Hattusa [2016]
• Devastating 'World War ZERO' destroyed ancient civilisations and plunged Europe into a dark age [2016]
• World War Zero brought down mystery civilisation of 'sea people' [2016]
• Early Written Signs [2016]
• Traces of Vikings found at Bathonea archaeological excavation in Istanbul [2015]
• Archaeologists discover secret tunnel in ancient Hittite castle [2015]
• Archaeological team prepares 4,000-year-old Hittite meals [2015]
• Symbols of Hittite goddess of sexuality found on 4,000-year-old tablet discovered in central Turkey [2015]
• European languages linked to migration from the east [2015]
• Pollen Study Points to Drought as Culprit in Bronze Age Mystery (Global Warming in Ancient Times) [2013]
• Syrian Conflict Imperils Historical Treasures [2012]
• University of Toronto archaeologists find...cuneiform tablets in 2,700-year old Turkish temple [2009]
• Phaistos Disk: Greek or Luwian? [2009]
• Hittites' holy city Nerik to emerge [2008]
• Messages from the Dead [ Qatna's royal palace and cuneiform archive ] [2007]
• French Explorer's Bad Luck In Syria Avenged At Last (Hittites) [2006]
• Ancient Hittite Dam Inaugurated After 32 Centuries [2006]
• Hittite graves, artifacts unearthed in Adana [2006]
• First Toilet And Sewer System Of Prehistoric Period Found In Van [2004]
• Amazon Warrior Women [2004]
• Smenkhkhare, the Hittite Pharaoh [2004]
• History Channel to air Ancient Battles [Persians-Greeks-Romans - starts 7/23] [2004]
• Unearthed: the humble origins of world diplomacy (A Preserved Library from 1340BC discovered!) [2003]
• Unearthed: The Humble Origins Of World Diplomacy (Hittites) [2003]
• Key To An Ancient Tongue [2002]
• Recent Finds Prove That Homer's Stories Were More Than Myth [2002]
• Archaeologists Rewrite Timeline Of Bronze And Iron Ages, Alphabet [2001]

for more of interest (and some that got missed, try the Troy/Trojan War/Homer keywords.

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You are so wrong.

That there is a microwave sure as Shiite.

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First Person: A Name in Search of a Story [Shiphrah in 13th dynasty Egypt]
via Center for Online Judaic Studies | BAR 24:01, Jan-Feb 1998 | Hershel Shanks
Posted on 12/25/2019 11:51:20 PM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3803540/posts

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Epistles: Biblical Profile: Aseneth of Egypt
By Patricia Ahearne-Kroll
https://www.baslibrary.org/biblical-archaeology-review/48/2/27

Many know the tale about Joseph, Jacob’s beloved son who was sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, exploited, and imprisoned, but who eventually rose to become second-in-command over Egypt (Genesis 37-50). Buried in this story is a brief reference that fascinated Jewish writers in antiquity: Joseph’s wife, Aseneth, was Egyptian.

According to Genesis, she was the daughter of an Egyptian priest (Potiphera in Hebrew; Pentephres in Greek), and she married Joseph and bore Manasseh and Ephraim (Genesis 41:45, Genesis 50–52). Aseneth is never mentioned again in the Tanakh or Christian Bible, and Genesis expresses no concern that she was Egyptian. The Israelite ancestral stories are interesting in this regard; sometimes they care about endogamy (marrying within kinship boundaries), and sometimes they do not (e.g., compare Genesis 24 and Genesis 28 with Genesis 38). Nevertheless, what didn’t bother the scribes of Genesis raised questions for later Jewish writers. How could Joseph marry an Egyptian woman?

Among other ideas, rabbinic authors suggested that Aseneth was the daughter of Joseph’s half-sister Dinah (Pirqe Rabbi Eliezer 38; Soferim 21), but a Hellenistic Jewish writer took a different tack, narrating how Aseneth changed her allegiances to Joseph’s deity.1