Jörn Boost

I have read my way through a number of the older texts of Mesopotamia and Egypt, and I came to the conclusion that the first part of the Thora had “borrowed” freely from hence. As for the Exodus, we have a nice blend between diverse historical eras and events streching, even unit just before the exodus, over nearly 200 years (namely involving the Thira-eruption to the much later exodus). As for (Tut)Mosis, an old royal name and, therefore, person of princely status, possibly military or diplomatic official, it seemed likely that he led a group (of uncetain size) of Follwers of Akhenaten’s early Monotheism, which survived his death only for as long ad Nerferuaten (Nefertiti), aka or in conjunction with Smenkharne, tried to maintain the Faith in the new Nile Delta capital city of AtAten (Amarna). Ak’nAten’s heir TutAnkhAmun was, obviously, already forced back under the priests of Karnak’s rule, changng his name back to the old Gods. General Ay only came into the crown for a very short time.                              The important point for the Exodus must, however, be the position of those “foreigners” in the long established ‘Civil Service’ and food supply/storage. These had been necessary from the time of the Great Building Projects (pyramids) which, basically, set the population up in 3 layers: Builders, Feeders, Service (army, priests, civil serce). This service had  been in the hands of the priests – and here, Akh’naten was in absolute need for an “Expat Civil Sevice” – possibly brought in with advice from Neferuaten from her Levatine origin area.                     So, we are not talking about the “freeing of foreign slaves” but the chasing out of unwanted Expatriate Middle Class civil servants and Egyptians who became a political danger to the old Faith and Powers. The Move away from Amarna towards Sinai , and “losing Rameses’ army by crossing the REED SEA arm of the Red Sea just in time for the snow melt on Sinai.        The rest is still interesting, and I would put my little ‘monograph’ in here – BUT I only recently found out that I need to correct and insert a good portion, first giving a good patt of the start of Monotheism AND THE FIRST MOVE AWAY FROM KARNAK TO AMUNHOTEP III and Tiide, father and mother of Akh’nAten: The new Capital city “Aten” was built on the West bank of the Nile, near the two “Singing Monolith” statues of the two royals – and, as the new excavations show, “LEFT IN A DEFINITE HURRY – even with bread in the oven – which must have been Akh’nAten’s final Great Decision (New state, capital, and civil service), out of the reach of the priests.

I’ll complete my little book (in German), and I must grant it to old Siegmund Freud that I got some good hints from him (also in view of the “Hibaru/Hib’ru” robbers from the desert – which does not sound unlike the earlier bad events of Shehem, see Genesis 34), but also from some other sides (e.g. the earlier knowledge of El/Elohim to people of ElBeth, the said Reid Sea, also making sense in old Aramaic). – In any case: This story is, by far, not finished.

Dr. J. Boost