Was the gospel of Luke historically accurate?

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@St.Roymond @paleomalacologist I wrote a reply here:

Evidence for an Israelite Exodus (?)

Not necessarily. It’s been discovered that campaigns against troublesome foreigners in the Nile delta area, which is where the Hebrews were, were recorded the same as those against foreigners outside of (what we think of as) Egypt’s borders. Some have argued that this indicates that Mereneptah was the “king who did not know Joseph”. It depens on whether Pa-Canaan is a reference to the land of Canaan, or Gaza, Canaan’s principal city at the time. If the latter, it is possible that the text …