Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>]

   Any speculation about what may or may not have occurred in LB Egypt,  
requires fmiliarity with known history and geopgraphy there.

  Of the many works available on the subject, I recommend,  K.A. Kitchen, a 
prominent Egyptologist, On the Reliability of the Old Testament, and James K. 
Hoffmeier, Israel in Egypt. As for the early development of Israelite 
religion, I support the views of Y. Kaufmann, J.C. DeMoor and Jan Asmann . 

  Uri Hurwitz                                 Great Neck, NY




George Athas at moore.edu.au 
Thu Feb 11 17:01:49 EST 2010 

 
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James Christian wrote:

> what do you think about Akhenaten being the younger brother of the
> first born that died during the Exodus.

That's a theory that is almost impossible to test, James, and therefore pure 
speculation. We can't really do anything with it.

However, I think there are some things which militate against it. First of 
all, is there any evidence from Egypt that an exodus event occurred in the 
generation prior to Akhenaton? Is there any evidence from Egypt at all? 
Secondly, Akhenaton was a worshiper of the Sun-disk Aton, not of Yahweh or 
even another Canaanite deity. So, according to your theory, he still didn't 
learn his lesson.

Your suggestion is intriguing, but I fear it's trying to draw lines between 
dots when there is no real indication that the dots are even related.


GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au



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