Subject: [b-hebrew] Subject: Hyksos, Isreal, and Exodus
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 16:46:38 -0700
Dear David:
Many writers have, like yourself, assoicated the Isrealites
with the Hyksos.
Yes, I know. However, Joseph was taken to Egypt before the Hyksos
arrived, and was stationed in Memphis. Even as grand vizier, he did
not often visit the delta, so he did not introduce his sons to his
father until some time after Jacob moved to Goshen. Yes, his family
was closer physically to him, but that was a relative term: they were
within pharaoh's realm so he could go and visit them, whereas his job
may have made it very difficult to impossible to visit Jacob outside
of Egypt.
The "king who did not know Joseph" was the Hyksos. They had their
capital right in the land of Goshen, so Moses could travel quickly,
even the same day, between Israel's elders and pharaoh. That's just
one of the clues that makes me think that Moses dealt with a Hyksos
pharaoh.
Karl W. Randolph.
[b-hebrew] Subject: Hyksos, Isreal, and Exodus,
kwrandolph, 05/25/2004