Jewish were Egyptian slaves?

So is this true? Did they do all the hard labor to build the pyramids and various temples?
Im just curious.

 

Yes. Actually, ancient jews were even black. We find examples with the Coptic sects of Ethiopia, who are black jews, not to be confused with West Africans. When people think of someone who's black they automatically think of a West African slave, when in fact many races spawn from black heritage. It is suspected when people describe Jesus as being black, he is closest to this Ethiopian form of the African race. Also, many Jamaicans, who were uprooted from West Africa belonged to this lost tribe of Israel. That's why Jewish people have locks, and Rastas have dreadlocks, the same reference of tradition connects the two.

As for your first question, yes they're were black Jews, but not in the same sense as we see Jewish culture today. They were Jewish, but a different form of Judaism, which I described earlier as Coptic Judaism, but was probably different at the time as well compared to what it is today.

 

No, Jewish slaves did not build the pyramids or temples in Egypt. Slave labor was not used for such important tasks. It was a very highly-esteemed position, to be building the pyramids. They have found the communities the workers lived in while building them, and they lived and were buried like royalty.

 

Also, there's no historical evidence of an Israelite exodus from Egypt. (talking about the whole moses story here)

 

The word "pyramid" also isn't even found in Exodus...or the entire Bible (NIV). Thanks Yul Brenner and crazy gun guy can't remember his name...

and yeah, Sera is right, there is no evidence a mass number of Jews ever resided in Egypt as slaves of any sort...

 

So the story of Mosees is false then?

 

hmmm... what difference does it really make if it's historically accurate or not? Does that take away from the meaning so many people have found in that story? Lots of people read and enjoy the Bible as metaphorical symbolism, and it's still plenty important in their lives. (I don't know nothin about the Torah, which is not the same as the Old Testament, so I'll leave that discussion to those who do.) Me, I don't think we can talk about the Divine except in metaphor anyway because it is something utterly indescribable and beyond the bounds of human languages to explain.

 

Yes, I honor that many people find good teachings in the story, but I was just curious with the real facts.
I just watched the Prince of Egypt the other day, a animated movie on Moses. It showed him turning the nile red, and the bull frogs, locusts, famine, and the mysterious plague that killed people (passover)...It was just interesting.

 

The Bible records that the Hebrews were in bondage to Egypt. They had turned over beneficial title to their lands in Egypt to Pharaoh in exchange for food.
Genesis 47:20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
And their 'income tax' was 20%.
Genesis 47:24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth [part] unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
Cosmic Butterfly wrote: "So is this true? Did they do all the hard labor to build the pyramids and various temples?"
It seems that they were merely 'taxpayers' who paid the expense of those building projects.
Taxpayers then and now were provided 'straw' by Pharaoh to make his 'bricks' with. Eventually you are required to provide the straw yourself.
http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/words.pl?word=08401&page=1
The root word for 'straw' is linked next:
http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/words.pl?word=01129&page=1
"1) to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue"
What would "cause (the race) to continue" was now required to make Pharoah's bricks. The "Exodus" was a taxpayer revolt.

 

they may also have been egyptians who were enslaved by other egyptians.

there was a political climate that could account for that.

there was a pharoah named aka naton. he attmpted to replace the polytheist priesthood burocracy that was the government of ancient egypt, that made it possible, with a kind of pacifist monotheism.

when he was no longer able to hold the reins of power, the polythiest burocracy returned with a vengence. and those who had been the enthusiastic supporters of akanaton's monotheism came to be looked upon as meat for involuntary servitude.

some may also have been of different ethinic origen then the majority of their fellow egyptians. this is however far from certain and a matter of scholarly debate.

at any rate akanotan's concepts can be found repeated word for word in many of the old testiment prophets.

i couldn't point them out to you for certain to save me. but i've seen this done and know of this being the case.

(much as i had always suspected of being)

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from what I understand aren't the Ten Commandments very similar to some form (secular or otherwise) of Egyptian law?