Some days he's fiction, other days he's an Egyptian, other days he's actually Thutmose - or one of the Thutmoses. In the Bible, he's a Hebrew adopted by a daughter of pharaoh.
Exactly, all of the above, for so it is written. That is what the Amarna Letters verify 150yrs later, sent by those same vassal chief's progeny that express utter loyalty to that Egyptian realm & its customs. All of Judah was a client state for some centuries.
But no Egyptian Queen would really need to adopt a foreign baby, this itself is a "story" that is one found in many other truely ancient cultures then borrowed by the Hebrews. In reality we are right back to what actually happened, they did take hostages back & trained them in Egyptian culture to be sent back to rule as little client chieftans.
Heaven, Hell, Day of Judgment & weighing of men's hearts,proverbs, kings, one god/monothesism , so much starts there, don't you just love cultural evolution? |
