Abraham and Moses Probably Never Existed

People have been curious about the reliability of the Bible for almost as long as it has been around. People today are less likely to believe that Noah's ark was a literal object rather than an allegorical object, hence it is obvious that more people took the stories on faith back in the day. That is not to argue that no one holds that belief; nevertheless, even among those who identify as Christians in general, it is a mixed bag these days. What Bible experts consider to be wholly apocryphal, such as the accounts of Abraham and Noah, is thus unexpected. In other words, they think none of those men were real.

The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism published a new Torah and commentary in 2002 that assisted in putting their beliefs into perspective with regard to history, archaeology, anthropology, and other fields. There was no anthropological evidence for Israel's journey across Egypt, or really anything from the entire book being true in a historical sense, according to the information they shared, which also traced the origins of many stories from Exodus to other sources. It also explained how Noah's ark was probably adapted from the Gilgamesh epic.

Professor Thomas Thompson, one of the most renowned biblical experts in the world, believes that historical figures like King David, Abraham, Moses, Jacob, and King Solomon were probably merely stories. This was based on his own 15 years of investigation into the archaeological proof for many of the Old Testament's details.

Although the information undoubtedly caused some people to lose faith, rabbis and others have devised ways to try to reconcile knowledge with religion since, in reality, faith isn't the kind of thing that requires proof all the time. Despite being well aware of these facts for years, the majority of serious academics and religious authorities took their time in informing their followers and congregations.