Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Matching Egyptian History And The Old Testament

By Claudine Hodges


Many scholars believe that the Bible is actually not a reliable source for historical claims because it does not match with Egyptian history. The scholars would actually claim that they cannot seem to find any Biblical character in the sequence of events of the Egyptians. What they failed to notice is that the stories matching Egyptian history and the old testament have to be interpreted correctly in order for them to be visible.

Of course in order to gather all the events of Egypt, scholars would have to take note of several accounts written by several historians who have studied Egypt. One of the most popular of all the Egyptian historians is of course Manetho. Many historians have actually quoted Manetho but many of them like Josephus or Herodotus would still disagree with each other which means there is no real valid timeline.

So to start off, one would first have to begin by knowing about Noah and how he was related to Egypt. Now one thing to take note of is that Noah had a grandson whose name was Mizraim who was indeed the father of Egypt as according to Egyptian historian Eusebius. According to Eusebius, Mizraim, also known as Mestraim, was indeed the founder of the Egyptians when the tribes had spread out after the fall of the tower of Babel.

Now one of the most important and crucial things to take note of would be the visit of Abraham. Now according to the Bible, Abraham visited the land of Egypt some time after he had made a covenant with God during the time when there was a plague in Canaan. Now during this time, the Pharaoh of Egypt was the mighty Khufu.

During the reign of Khufu, the pyramids that he built were not perfect in shape and in size. This was simply because the Egyptians during that time did not that have complete knowledge of arithmetic and advanced mathematics. Abraham was a part of the Chaldean race which is a race known for their knowledge and skills in arithmetic.

Now in relation to Abraham, if one would trace the records, he would find that after the visit of Abraham, the blocks of the pyramids actually became perfectly squared. The only conclusion that can be drawn from that would be that Abraham taught the Egyptians arithmetic and geometry. This is further supported by the fact that Abraham is part of the Chaldean race, a race known for math skills.

Of course one cannot ignore the existence of Moses. Although most people doubt he is real, he actually fits into the timeline of the 12th dynasty Pharaoh Amenemhet III. This Pharaoh had two daughters in which one of the was the foster mother of a Pharaoh that was to become the successor which was actually none other than the Biblical character Moses.

So if one would really take a look at all the accounts, he cannot really take the Bible out of history. One just has to take note that the dates may be different then and now which means that mistakes can be made. So far the Bible has been quite accurate historically which is why it can be used as a reference.




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