... In the Samaritan tradition, Abraham is dated to as early as 2112 BCE and the exodus to 1682 BCE. These dates were affirmed by a Samaritan scholar with whom I conferred in person at the beginning of this month. If anything, this tradition harks back to the routing of the Hyksos [shepherd kings] by King Ahmose I, the founder of the 18th Dynasty. ...
... There is really no such thing as a chronology or chronologies of ancient Egypt. Any that have been constructed are based on "Sothic sightings" in the reigns of certain pharaohs ...
... but each and every one of these astronomical concordances with the Egyptian civil calendar contains severe problems and are based upon more guesswork than the average layman can possibly imagine. ...
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