Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Arnaud Fournet" <fournet.arnaud AT wanadoo.fr>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
To: "Bryant J. Williams III" <bjwvmw AT com-pair.net>
Cc: "B-Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Patriarchal Narratives was TD(L


> The oldest alphabetic Semitic writing attested so far is dated to 
> pre-Hyksos
> Egypt, one of which appears to me to say RBWN<name>MN<name> (typical
> graffito). If their original writing was on skins and other perishable
> materials, how much earlier did they have writing? How would we know? And
> how much of Moses’ “authorship” of Genesis in reality just a compilation 
> and
> editing of earlier written materials?
>
> I used to think that the “pharaoh who knew not Joseph” was the first of 
> the
> Hyksos pharaohs, but now I realize that the 12th dynasty pharaohs also fit
> that description. They were from a new royal family, not the one Joseph
> worked for. The more I think of it, the more it appears that a 13th 
> dynasty
> Exodus is accurate.

> Karl W. Randolph.
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Some pictures here
and text (if you can read French)

http://bible.archeologie.free.fr/inscriptionsdesert.html

Best

Arnaud Fournet