Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Joseph and Imhotep was Robert Alter on Joseph
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:00:03 -0700
James:
On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 12:59 PM, James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi Karl,
>
> are you suggesting that the historical Imhotep was the biblical Joseph?
>
>
> James Christian
>
> I’m just repeating what I read elsewhere, I didn’t originate this claim.
The many historical parallels certainly are suggestive.
If we admit that Jim’s beloved “secular” history is hopelessly wrong, the
probability that the two are the same goes up dramatically.
Karl W. Randolph.
Re: [b-hebrew] Robert Alter on Joseph
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