Historical basis for the Exodus

[Kingpoleon]

In the last twenty years, a historical Exodus has grown in support. Richard Elliott Friedman, most notably, has suggested the Exodus contained the tribe of Levi and possibly the tribes of Joseph.

Thus far, the two best hypotheses involve a mirage of mutual drowning - which would cause the Egyptians and Israelites to leave, thinking the other dead - or an actual crossing of the Reed Sea.

I do think it’s very difficult to deny a historical Exodus in the light of clear Egyptian names, the Song of the Sea, and the Jewish concern for aliens predating the Babylonian captivity.