Quote:We cannot prove that Moses ever existed but as we cannot explain the development
of Israelite monotheism without a Moses, he must have existed. Otherwise we
would have to invent him ââ¬Â¦ disregarding the possibility that ancient writers
did exactly that!
ON THE PROBLEMS OF RECONSTRUCTING PRE-HELLENISTIC ISRAELITE (PALESTINIAN) HISTORY
by N.P. Lemche
The author above is typically concerned with mere historicity.
However, there is a parallel in the above in the Ghent group's writing on AIT:
The Aryans were needed to explain the "observation" of Religion in India.
Of course, it was precisely the observers who brought Religion to India and Religion does not exist in India outside of their peculiar problematizing lens.