Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk>]

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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