Moses and the Exodus Chronological, Historical and Archaeological Evidence
Title | Moses and the Exodus Chronological, Historical and Archaeological Evidence PDF eBook |
Author | Gerard Gertoux |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1329445252 |
The existence Moses as well as the Exodus is a crucial question because, according to the Bible, the character related to that famous event forms the basis of the Passover which meant the Promised Land for Jews and later the Paradise for Christians. However, according to most Egyptologists, there is absolutely no evidence of Moses and the Exodus in Egyptian documents, which leads them to conclude that the whole biblical story is a myth written for gullible people. However, according to Egyptian accounts the last king of the 15th dynasty named Apopi, “very pretty”, which was Moses' birth name (Ex 2:2), reigned 40 years in Egypt (1613-1573) and met Seqenenre Taa, 40 years later, the last pharaoh of the 17th dynasty who died in May 1533 BCE in dramatic and unclear circumstances (Ps 136:15). The state of his mummy proves that his body received severe injuries and remained abandoned for several days before being mummified. The eldest son of Seqenenre Taa, Ahmose Sapaïr, who was crown prince died in a dramatic and unexplained way shortly before his father (Ex 12:29). Prince Kamose, Seqenenre Taa's brother, assured interim of authority for 3 years and threatened attack the former pharaoh Apopi, new prince of Retenu (Palestine) who took the name Moses, according to Manetho, an Egyptian priest and historian. In the stele of the Tempest, Kamose also blames Apopi for all the disasters that come to fall upon Egypt, which caused many deaths. Ironically, those who believe Egyptologists are actually the real gullible ones
Exodus
Title | Exodus PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2015-04-20 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780986431029 |
An archaeological and historical investigation into the Biblical legends of the Israelite sojourn in Egypt, the Exodus from Egypt, and the conquest of the Promised Land.
Unwrapping the Pharaohs
Title | Unwrapping the Pharaohs PDF eBook |
Author | John F. Ashton |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780890514689 |
Mummies, pyramids, and pharaohs! The culture and civilization of the ancient Egyptians have fascinated people for centuries and some have direct correlation to biblical events.Authors David Down and John Ashton present a groundbreaking new chronology in Unwrapping the Pharaohs that shows how Egyptian Archaeology supports the biblical timeline.Go back in time as famous Egyptians such as the boy-king Tutankhamen, and the beautiful Cleopatra are brought to life in this captivating new look at Egyptian history from a biblical worldview.
The Bible and the Believer
Title | The Bible and the Believer PDF eBook |
Author | Marc Zvi Brettler |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 222 |
Release | 2012-10-18 |
Genre | Bibles |
ISBN | 0199863008 |
"Three leading biblical scholars from the Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant faiths show how a critical approach to the Bible can complement religious readings"--Page [2] of jacket.
The Pharaoh of the Exodus: Fairy tale or real history?
Title | The Pharaoh of the Exodus: Fairy tale or real history? PDF eBook |
Author | Gerard Gertoux |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2017-01-23 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 136570291X |
For Egyptologists as well as archaeologists, and even now Bible scholars, the answer to the question: Who was the pharaoh of the Exodus, the answer is obvious: there was nobo because the biblical story was a myth (Dever: 2003, 233). Consequently, who to believe: Moses or Egyptologists? Several scholars (Finkelstein, Dever and others) posit that the Exodus narrative may have developed from collective memories of the Hyksos expulsions of Semitic Canaanites from Egypt, possibly elaborated on to encourage resistance to the 7th century domination of Judah by Egypt. For these scholars the liberation from Egypt after the "10 plagues", as it is written in the Book of Exodus, is quite different from the historical "war of liberation against the Hyksos". What are the Egyptian documents underlying this hypothesis: none, and what is the chronology of this mysterious war: nobody knows! Consequently, who to believe: Moses or Egyptologists? This study will give the answer.
Abraham and Chedorlaomer: Chronological, Historical and Archaeological Evidence
Title | Abraham and Chedorlaomer: Chronological, Historical and Archaeological Evidence PDF eBook |
Author | Gerard Gertoux |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 142 |
Release | 2015-09-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1329553535 |
Historians consider the biblical account about Chedorlaomer's campaign against Sodom (1954 BCE) as a pious fiction. However, the Gospels refer to it as a real story (Heb 7:1) and a chronological reconstruction based on synchronisms shows that, among dynasties from Sumerian lists, the 3rd and last Elamite king of the Awan I dynasty was Kudur-Lagamar (1990-1954). The Spartoli tablets (c. 650 BCE) describe this famous attack of Babylonia by a coalition of evil kings named Kudur-KUKUmal, king of Elam, Tudḫula, king of Gutium, and Eri-Aku [king of Larsa]. The route of Chedorlaomer and the description of his actions show that this king came to this region near Egypt in order to maintain control over this new land trade route. This ambitious project had to have worried Amenemhat I because southern Canaan was a big source of supply. In order to protect Egypt, Amenemhat I built the "Walls of the Ruler". One can notice that the area of Sodom was called Sutu[m] in execration texts (then Moab after 1800 BCE).
Ancient Egyptian Chronology
Title | Ancient Egyptian Chronology PDF eBook |
Author | Erik Hornung |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 529 |
Release | 2006-12-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9047404009 |
This volume deals with the chronology of Ancient Egypt from the fourth millennium until the Hellenistic Period. An initial section reviews the foundations of Egyptian chronology, both ancient and modern, from annals and kinglists to C14 analyses of archaeological data. Specialists discuss sources, compile lists of known dates, and analyze biographical information in the section devoted to relative chronology. The editors are responsible for the final section which attempts a synthesis of the entire range of available data to arrive at alternative absolute chronologies. The prospective readership includes specialists in Near Eastern and Aegean studies as well as Egyptologists.