Historicity of the Prophets?

[Abyssinia]

What historical evidence is there for Abraham, Issac, Jacob and the Exodus?

 

[davidv]

What historical evidence is their for Abraham, Issac, Jacob and the Exodus?

The Bible and the teachings of the Church.

 

[Abyssinia]

The Bible and the teachings of the Church.

Is there any evidences besides these two?

 

[davidv]

Is there any evidences besides these two?

Isn’t this sufficient?

 

[Abyssinia]

Isn’t this sufficient?

Any extra biblical evidence?

 

[Pieman333272]

Any extra biblical evidence?

It depends on how you define it. If you mean religious works outside the Bible, then yes, but they’re all Non-Canon Old Testament (AKA just as unreliable as the Bible) I believe some artifacts have been found in the right timeframe in locations suggesting the Exodus was a real event, but even this only leads us to the conclusion that a family or race from Mesopotamia was enslaved in Egypt, had their own religion, and eventually fled Egypt and took down Canaan, so the supernatural parts as well as the significance of Moses, Aaron, Joshua and Zipporah as persons are still up for speculation and debate. Even this evidence is highly speculative, however most historians take the Exodus as a real event to some extent, usually rejecting the supernatural parts (as many skeptics do with Jesus).

There’s sadly no evidence for any pre-Exodus stuff, except for a map inside a Synagogue suggesting Sodom and Gomorrah, and Lot’s resting place were real cities. I saw this on a documentary on archeology and the Bible, I’ll see if I can find a link to it for you.

 

[Dave_Noonan]

Any extra biblical evidence?

None to my knowledge outside the Bible itself. I don’t know of any archeological evidence for the Exodus.