Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Christian <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>]

Thanks. I've been meaning to get into Egyptology a bit to see how this all
fits together. I feel I really also need to look into the history and
archeology of all of Isreal's neighbours to be honest. Just to wet my
appetite what kind of views are the maximalists offering? Who do they
identify as the Pharoah? Please don't say Rameses II. I just don't buy that
line.

What about the minimalists? My understanding is they defend the theory that
the Hebrews were never in Egypt and there was no conquest of Isreal. Just a
gradual growth of their population in the area.

Where do you sit in the spectrum?

James Christian

2010/2/12 Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>

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>    Any speculation about what may or may not have occurred in LB Egypt,
> requires fmiliarity with known history and geopgraphy there.
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>   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 .
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>   Uri Hurwitz                                 Great Neck, NY
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> George Athas at moore.edu.au
> Thu Feb 11 17:01:49 EST 2010
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> James Christian wrote:
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> > what do you think about Akhenaten being the younger brother of the
> > first born that died during the Exodus.
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> That's a theory that is almost impossible to test, James, and therefore
> pure speculation. We can't really do anything with it.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> GEORGE ATHAS
> Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
> www.moore.edu.au
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