To: if AT math.bu.edu, b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Akhnaton
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 09:38:56 -0500 (EST)
Isaac Fried wrote:“Akhnaton}"
Said to be the worshiper of Aten or Aton,which seems to
me to be butthe Hebrew אדון ADON….”
But consider now the name that pharaoh Akhenaten used most
frequently:wa-n-ra.wa means “one” and implies “the one and only”.-n- is merely an all-purpose connector.ra is the Egyptian god Ra.
Now look at the name of the Egyptian priest from On [where
Ra was honored] whose daughter Pharaoh gives as a bride to Joseph:P W + -Y- P
R(
Wa, meaning “one” and implying “the one
and only”, is the first element in Akhenaten’s name wa-n-ra.The name of Joseph’s Egyptian priestly
father-in-law starts with P W, which is pA wa.That literally means “the one and only”. The phrase pA wa is short for the following
ultra-monotheistic phrase that appears in Akhenaten’s Great Hymn to the Aten: pA nTr wa, which means “The one and only God”.
Akhenaten’s name wa-n-ra ends with ra,
meaning the Egyptian god Ra.This
priestly name ends with P R(, which everyone agrees is pA ra.That means “The [one and only] Ra”.The particular phrase “pA ra” is found in the
most important nobleman’s rock tomb at Amarna (Aye’s tomb), in association with
the younger sister of Akhenaten’s Queen Nefertiti.[After Year 9, Akhenaten used a long Ra-based
name for his deity, not Aten/pA itn.]
Do you see my point?If Akhenaten is the Pharaoh of the
Patriarchal narratives in Years 13-14, then one could not possibly imagine a
more fitting name for Joseph’s Egyptian priestly father-in-law from On than
what is in the received text:P
W + -Y- P R(=pA
wa di -- pA ra, which means: “The one
and only [God] gives -- The [one and only] Ra”.Akhenaten’s name wa-n-ra could be interpreted as implying a similar
meaning, and in any event betrays the same monotheistic mindset honoring the Egyptian
god Ra.
Such a monotheistic priestly name
honoring Akhenaten’s god Ra fits the Amarna Age absolutely perfectly [after
Year 9, including in Years 13-14], while not making good sense in any other
historical era.
Jim Stinehart
Evanston, Illinois
Re: [b-hebrew] Ssade Can Be Emphatic Sin
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