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  • From: James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk>
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Manetho
  • Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:35:46 +0100

Hi all,

since Karl mentioned that the basis of Egyptian history is largely a priest named Manetho I've been interested in how much Egyptian history can be trusted. The following article on wikipedia about is interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manetho

Apparently the work that most of our Egyptian history is based on is his Aegyptiaca. It gets worse, though. A quick glance of the transmission of the Aegyptiaca calls into question how much of it accurately refelcts Manetho's original work. Let alone just how reliable a source Manetho was. Take a look at the transmission section of the Aegyptiaca.

James Christian




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