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The document discusses the Merneptah Stele, an ancient Egyptian inscription from 1210 BC that provides the earliest non-Biblical reference to Israel. It mentions Israel among other peoples that Egypt defeated in Canaan. Scholar Michael Hasel analyzes the stele and determines that it refers to Israel as an established socioethnic group of agriculturalists in late 13th century BC Canaan, consistent with Biblical descriptions. This refutes theories that Israel did not emerge until the 12th century BC and suppo
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- אוהד מגורי
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