> I don't know from what era "the earliest written
> sources" hail
Thats the rub. If they are contemporanious to the
pharaohs in question (e.g. the pharaoh who elevated
Joseph to prime minister) then the earlier
qestion concerning the meaning of QCP pertaining
to a god is strengthened, but if the sources stem
from a much later time (e.g. attributing divinity
to strengthen later claims) then the claim that QCP
is for a superior but not necessarily a god to an
inferior is strengthened.
Genesis, as it presently stands, favors the latter
reading, as it does not attribute divinity to the
pharaoh of Josephs time.
Thanks for the reference.
I hope your meal was tasty.
Karl W. Randolph.
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From: Deborah Millier <deborahmillier AT yahoo.com>
> "*From the earliest written sources* the king stands
> at the centre of his country as a divine force,
> identified in his first name and title as a
> manifestation of the god of the power in the skies,
> Horace the falcon" (Quirke, Stephen and Jeffrey
> Spencer eds., THE BRITISH MUSEUM BOOK OF ANCIENT
> EGYPT, NY: Thames and Hudson Inc. 1992, p. 58,
> emphasis mine).
>
> I don't know from what era "the earliest written
> sources" hail (I'm to preoccupied to check right now;
> dinner's calling), but I'd wager that some are older
> than middle kingdom. Maybe I'll check after my
> burgers.
>
> Shalom,
> -- Michael Millier
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