FACT CHECK · JEWISH HISTORY
Claim: The only Jewish 'records' are their own books
FALSETHE ANSWER
Non-Jewish sources name Israel: Egypt's Merneptah Stele (c.1208 BCE), Assyria's Black Obelisk (841 BCE, King Jehu), Rome's Arch of Titus (c.81 CE) with the Temple menorah.
SOURCE
Merneptah Stele (Cairo); Black Obelisk (British Museum); Arch of Titus
PEOPLE ALSO SAY
- “Only the talmud”
- “Only their own books”
- “Only the bible says”
- “Records in the talmud”
- “Written in the talmud”
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