Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

To All:

When did it become the tradition that pharaoh was to be considered as a god?

While it is well attested to later that pharaoh was to be considered a god, 
it is my understanding that at the very beginning of the kingdom, pharoah was 
merely a first among equals, only later acquiring greater and greater 
authority. At which point did he start claiming divinity? Are there any 
historical records that spell out that point? Was it during the Hyksos period 
when the shepherd kings tried to legitimize their claim to the throne? 
Earlier? Later? When do we find the first claims of divinity? Was there any 
controversy conserning those claims?

Yours, Karl W. Randolph.
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