What evidence do you know of that Moses really existed?

Answer 1

There is none.

Answer 2

The Bible. If you look at a lot of ancient legends, they have some grounding in fact - for example, a Germanic legend of late antiquity (complete with dragons and magic swords) is actually based on a very real battle between Romans and Burgundians. The story of Moses has been heavily mythologised, but his mention in the Bible does suggest that there was a similar character in history.

Answer 3

Apart from the Bible, mainly circumstancial

1. There is a significant amount of archeological evidence that semitic peoples were in Egypt for some time (look up "Yayu, Father of Pharaoh" for example). One might also look to the number of Hebrew names within the appropriate time period for example found on papyrus "Brooklyn 35.1446.1"

2. Someone impacted Atenaken enough to turn him to a monotheist.

3. Many statements made by Moses reflect actual Egyptian ideology; his name is in fact an Egyptian word

4. There is an inscription inscription at the Egyptian City of Karnak that indicates that an Egyptian Pharoah “allowed the abominations of the gods [immigrant peoples] to depart, the earth swallowed their footsteps. This was the directive of the Primeval Father [water, according to Egyptian beliefs] who came one day unexpectedly."

Answer 4

The Pentateuch had to be written by someone... .

There is plenty of archological evidence of the Hebrew invasion of Canaan.

There are a lot of references to a tribe of "habiru" in ancient texts that match much of the narration of Exodus.

Some divers claim to have found evidence of a drowned chariot army in the gulf of Aqaba -- not substantiated because the Arabs won't allow religious archeology (Truth hurts).

To Shiny -- I wouldn't give $0.02 for your evidence of the Quran. Plagiarism is not evidence. Muhammad was a fraud.

Answer 5

There was no Moses as recorded in the bible however there were many figures in many other religions that was the keepers of God's word.

Answer 6

An unbroken family history.

If my Great-grandfather said he was a witness to George Washington being the first president of the United States, and taught every one of his children to teach their children of this event.

Then 1,000 years latter a group of his descendants testified that to this fact would not that be enough?

Answer 7

The story of Moses (pbuh) and the Pharaoh of the Exodus are very much identical in the Qur’an and the Bible. Both scriptures agree that the Pharaoh drowned when he tried to pursue Moses (pbuh) and led the Israelites across a stretch of water that they crossed. The Qur’an gives an additional piece of information in Surah Yunus chapter 10 verse 92:

"This day shall We save thee in thy body, that thou mayest be a sign to those who come after thee! But verily, many among mankind are heedless of Our Signs!"
[Al-Qur’an 10:92]

Dr. Maurice Bucaille, after a thorough research proved that although Rameses II was known to have persecuted the Israelites as per the Bible, he actually died while Moses (pbuh) was taking refuge in Median. Rameses II’s son Merneptah who succeeded him as Pharaoh drowned during the exodus. In 1898, the mummified body of Merneptah was found in the valley of Kings in Egypt. In 1975, Dr. Maurice Bucaille with other doctors received permission to examine the Mummy of Merneptah, the findings of which proved that Merneptah probably died from drowning or a violent shock which immediately preceeded the moment of drowning. Thus the Qur’anic verse that we shall save his body as a sign, has been fulfilled by the Pharaohs’ body being kept at the Royal Mummies room in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

This verse of the Qur’an compelled Dr. Maurice Bucaille, who was a Christian then, to study the Qur’an. He later wrote a book ‘The Bible, the Qur’an and Science’, and confessed that the author of the Qur’an can be no one else besides God Himself. Thus he embraced Islam.

Answer 8

It's called historical evidence.

I could ask, "what evidence do you know of that George Washington existed?" and you would only be able to tell me "historical evidence" as well.

Answer 9

What evidence do you have that he didn't? The book of Moses in the Pearl of Great Price is proof enough for me. Read it and see for yourself.

Answer 10

I have a bush in my backyard that stays permanantly on fire and talks to me. it tells me moses exists. i've called the fire department five times this week alone....but nothing extinguishes it. and the bush just keeps talking.

Answer 11

The Jews. The Torah.