Provides dramatic evidence from both archaeological and documentary sources. A reinterpretation of biblical and egyptian history that shows moses and the pharaoh akhenaten to be one and the same. This spark of monotheism can be traced back to akhenatens father amenhotep iii. To understand moses and akhenaten, it is necessary to understand the times they lived in, to establish how moses came to be raised in a royal household, where he went when he left egypt, what happened when he returned, how the circumstances of the exodus occurred, and in which pharaohs reign did it take place. Unfortunately, moses lived around threehundred years earlier the story of the exodus covers a period between 1657 and 1512 bce.
In a stunning retelling of the exodus story, osman details the events of mosesakhenatens life. Your hypothesis might have some merit, had both akhenaten and moses lived during the same period. Now ahmed osman, using recent archaeological discoveries and historical documents, contends that akhenaten and moses were one and the same man. Egyptian pharaoh in the middle of the 14 th century bce.
Theology, prehistoric and primitive religions publisher by the hogarth press. Akhenaten and mosestwo names that stand for the abolition of polytheism and the introduction of monotheism, a turn not only in religion but in the general. Akhenaten, moses, and the biblical patriarch joseph youtube. Moses and akhenaten one and the same person by ahmed osman. Moses and akhenaten the secret history of egypt at the time of. In historical terms, when did moses live, and who was the pharaoh of oppression. In the cairo museum resides the remarkably wellpreserved mummy of the grand vizier yuya, who served under two 18th dynasty pharaohs, thutmosis iv. In this article, you point out that akhenaten reined between 52 and 36 bce. Moses and akhenaten by ahmed osman a reinterpretation of biblical and egyptian history that shows moses and the pharaoh akhenaten to be one and the. This acclaimed book by ahmed osman is available at in several formats for your ereader. A reinterpretation of biblical and egyptian history that shows moses and the pharaoh akhenaten to be one and.
Pdf assmann, jan from akhenaten to moses ancient du shiru. Pdf identifying moses as a pharaoh of egypt with an lds. The secret history of egypt at the time of the exodus ebook. The study investigates the possibility of moses as a son of akhenaten with nefertiti as a stepmother, his own biological mother, a mitannian princess, having died giving birth to moses.
Moses and akhenaten one and the same person by ahmed osman the bible and the kuran speak of moses being born in egypt, brought up in the pharaonic royal palace, and leading the israelites in their exodus to canaan. During his reign, the pharaoh akhenaten was able to abolish the complex pantheon of the ancient egyptian religion and replace it with a single god, aten, who. Full text of moses and monotheism internet archive. Moses and akhenaten brothers in alms by ted loukes moses and akhenaten by ahmed osman the legacy of moses and akhenaten. Seizing on the striking similarities between the religious vision of this heretic pharaoh and the teachings of moses, sigmund freud was the first to argue that moses was in fact an egyptian.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Dur ing his reign, ideas about the uniqueness of the sun. Pdf moses and akhenaten download full pdf book download. Also by jan assmann moses the egyptian the search for god in ancient egypt the mind of egypt jan assmann the mind o. Read download moses and akhenaten pdf pdf download. Moses and akhenaten book by ahmed osman official publisher.
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