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  • From: Banyai AT t-online.de (Michael Banyai)
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  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Hyksos Manetho et al - was Ark of the covenant
  • Date: 19 Aug 2004 16:30 GMT

Peter Kirk wrote:

> > This seems a good argument for Abraham's Pharaoh's first name being
> > Nebkaure. But there is another possibility put forward by David Rohl,
> > that he was Nebkaure Khety of the 10th (or 9th?) dynasty (whose father's
> > name is unknown or uncertain). Is there a good reason to prefer one
> > Nebkaure to the other, except that Amenemhet II is better known?

There is of course no argument pro or con Amenemhet II or Khety except
Plinius calling his Nenchoreus a Sosiidis filius, thus a son of some
Sesostris. There is however, now discussing not about, what the sources may
have meant, a high probability to identify Amenemhet II with the pharaoh
contemporary with Abraham on several historical reasons.

The probable appearence on the historical stage of Retenu during exactly this
period, I mean, reign of Amenemhet II, first time in the story of Sinuhe.
Destructions just several decenia before in the region of Chabur (nota bene
Urkesh is Uru Kasdim). Attribution of the reign of Abraham by the people of
the age of Joshua to 1944 BC (that means dedication of Schechem temple
attributed to Abraham - thus conceived to have been a 7-daru period before
the similar later activities of Joshua in Schehem). etc etc.

Best regards

Bányai Michael
Stuttgart




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