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>Modern scholars agree that the Bible does not provide an authentic account of the Israelites' origins; the consensus supports that the archaeological evidence showing largely indigenous origins of Israel in Canaan, not Egypt, is "overwhelming" and leaves "no room for an Exodus from Egypt or a 40-year pilgrimage through the Sinai wilderness".[11] Many archaeologists have abandoned the archaeological investigation of Moses and the Exodus as "a fruitless pursuit".[11] A century of research by archaeologists and Egyptologists has arguably found no evidence that can be directly related to the Exodus narrative of an Egyptian captivity and the escape and travels through the wilderness, leading to the suggestion that Iron Age Israel—the kingdoms of Judah and Israel—has its origins in Canaan, not in Egypt
Funny how denying your national myth is actually an advantage now. Though maybe Abraham being from Mesopotamia fits better.
>pride of old
>we're descendants of this famous king/culture/religion
>pride of new
>we're totally unique and have lived here for 10000 years as per archeological evidence
