Tuesday 12 April 2011

Understanding how these events link to the Moses story

(Book of Yasher)

Moses was eighteen years old when he fled from Egypt from the presence of Pharaoh.
Tutmoses was eighteen years old when he left the Great house of Amenhotep III in Thebes.
The word "Pharaoh" is a corruption of the word Pr-a'a ("great house")

Moses arrived at the camp of Kikianus, which at that time was besieging Kush.
Tutmoses arrived at new city of Akhnaten; Akhnaten makes Tutmoses viceroy of Kush
There is an uprising in Kush and Akhnaten orders Tutmoses to put it down.

Moses was nine years in the camp of Kikianus king of Cush, all the time that they were besieging Cush
Tutmoses was nine years at new city of Akhnaten; all the time Tutmoses was viceroy of Kush.

Moses marries Adoniah / Atenit the queen
Semenkhkare marries Merytaten the Queen

King Kikianus was seized with a mortal disease and died
King Akhnaten was seized with a mortal disease and died

Moses becomes King
Semenkhkare becomes King

How can Tutmoses be Semenkhkare and therefore be Moses?

Contrary to Ancient Egyptian custom, Semenkhkare is not presented under a coronation name and a birth name in his two cartouches, but under two coronation names. The explanation for this curious fact seems to me clear: both his royal names were composed on the occasion of his coronation. He therefore must have had another name beforehand.
Using common sense, he must have had a birth name, which he changed when becoming Akhenaten’s co-regent, but it would not have been necessary to do so, unless his birth name conflicted with Akhenaten’s religious reforms.
So it is quite easy to see why, Tutmoses changed his name, but why the name Semenkhkare.
A great deal of importance was ascribed to Names in Ancient Egypt.
Names were chosen with care to represent an individual's personality, their devotion to a particular god or location, or to reflect the times in which they lived.
So I started to look at this name Semenkhkare more closely, this is were I found the name of an obscure 13th dynasty pharaoh called Semenkhkare.
What did find out about this 13th dynasty pharaoh?
Well several of smnx-kA-ra Semenkhkare monuments have been found, one being a colossal sitting statue of Tanis (placed primarily at Memphis) and usurped later by another king.
There also was a statue of his found at Elephantine.
This Semenkhkare came from the delta region and served as a Commander Of The Army and General.
He keeps his title, Commander Of The Army even when he became king, which reads as follows
smnx-kA-ra (Semenkhkare) imi-rA-mSaw (Imirameshau) meaning Commander Of The Army ; General.
There is really nothing special about this pharaoh that we know off, he won a few battles in Kush but only ruled for 2 to 3 years.
So why did Akhenaten’s co-regent take his name? This Question has been running through my mind for years now, until I came across a discovery of a stela at the temple of Gebel Zeit in 1984.
The stela revealed king Semenkhkare personal name, which was Nebnwn – Nebnun, meaning (Lord Nun).
Yes, king Semenkhkare was called Lord Nun and through my studies of the Torah, The letter 'nun' was a pictographic representation of Moses.
Did Akhenaten’s co-regent take this Throne name because his life mirrored that of 13th dynasty pharaoh?
Was he a Commander Of The Army; General, campaigning in kush and in some personal way being edified with his personal name Nebnun.
Well I believe it is exactly why he took the name, his life did mirror that of 13th dynasty pharaoh
Tutmoses was Akhenaten’s Viceroy with the title Kings son of Kush. As Commander in The Army, Tutmoses served in kush were he put down a rebellion.
I believe Tutmoses must have had also the personal name Nebnun.
Tutmoses was Smenkhare and therefore was Moses with the personal name of Nebnun.

1 comment:

  1. Dr Herman L. Hoeh wrote about The General being Moses in his Compendium of World History 1962: http://www.cgca.net/coglinks/wcglit/hoehcompendium/hhc1ch4.htm. More on http://mosesjoseph-jrtolley.blogspot.nl/. Hopes this helps with your studies.

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