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You might find this book interesting: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005DKR47O/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
The question we have to ask is what kind of evidence should we be expecting to find?
Hello there /u/drac07, as a person who has studied the Exodus, such a topic matter is divided among people (even some Christians). Certainly from what you've said that some people seem desperate, I would agree with you on that. Though not all are.
I recommend the scholarly works of James K Hoffmeier and Kenneth A Kitchen who are experts in the field of Egyptology and Biblical Archeology.
Israel in Egypt
On the Reliability of the Old Testament
Hopefully this will help you to understand the historicity of the Exodus, other events and also answering sceptical scholars objections to the Exodus.
>I’m basically asking, for the parts of the narrative like that don’t agree with modern archaeology, and also make the israelites look bad and not majestic at all, which is strange for origin myths I believe, what could have been a reason for having them at all, esepcially after the babylonian captivity had just happened and such, I’m assuming.
Hoffmeier would argue because it relays Israel's actual origins. I have not read this particular work, but I imagine his Israel in Egypt would argue for this position (I do know of Hoffmeier from his monographs and lectures on YouTube).
provide an actual link to a source that says common ancestor is 1000CE. not true at all (humans did not almost go extinct 1000 years ago so your panda example is not relevant)
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the amazon page for the source you just posted
https://www.amazon.com/Israel-Egypt-Evidence-Authenticity-Tradition-ebook/dp/B005DKR47O#customerReviews
lol read the description:
"Scholars of the Hebrew Bible have in the last decade begun to question the historical accuracy of the Israelite sojourn in Egypt, as described in the book of Exodus. The reason for the rejection of the exodus tradition is said to be the lack of historical and archaeological evidence in Egypt."
try reading some of the sources I posted in the original post and youll see the clear academic conensus that the Exodus is not real. the Jews did were not enslaved in and did not live in Egypt