The proposition that Israel existed in Palestine c.1200 might be regarded as confirmed by M’ptah, the proposition that Israel was dominant in Palestine might well seem to be contradicted. So whether Driver was right or wrong depends on which you think is the fact that the Bible affirms.
Driver was ‘alluding’ to Shishak, perhaps eluding the arguments of the fundamentalists.
The Bible does not really say that the Israelites originated as slaves but that at one point they were reduced to slavery. The Romans too claimed that they had gone through a phase of being refugees, even a miserable rabble, before beginning a career as conquerors. Just to mention that that popular thinker Boris Johnson - in a book called, as I remember, ‘Have I got Views for You!’ - that there was influence between Israelite and Roman foundation stories.
The proposition that Israel existed in Palestine c.1200 might be regarded as confirmed by M’ptah, the proposition that Israel was dominant in Palestine might well seem to be contradicted. So whether Driver was right or wrong depends on which you think is the fact that the Bible affirms.
Driver was ‘alluding’ to Shishak, perhaps eluding the arguments of the fundamentalists.
The Bible does not really say that the Israelites originated as slaves but that at one point they were reduced to slavery. The Romans too claimed that they had gone through a phase of being refugees, even a miserable rabble, before beginning a career as conquerors. Just to mention that that popular thinker Boris Johnson - in a book called, as I remember, ‘Have I got Views for You!’ - that there was influence between Israelite and Roman foundation stories.