The Genesis of Israel and Egypt

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The Ages in Alignment series seeks to resolve contradictions in accepted theories of history, and concludes that all the ancient civilizations arose simultaneously around 1100 BC. This, Volume 1, examines the archaeological evidence for the Flood and the rise of the first literate cultures in the wake of the catastrophe and traces the story of the great migration which led groups of early Mesopotamians westward toward Egypt. A few generations later Imhotep is shown to be the same person as Joseph, son of Jacob.

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The accepted chronology of ancient Egypt and Babylonia is wrong to a dramatic degree, with some major historical events mis-dated almost 2,000 years before they actually occurred. This controversial 4-part series argues for a complete reconstruction of ancient chronology, re-tracing the histories of the Near Eastern cultures from the rise of the first monarchies, around 1100 BC, until the conquest of Alexander. Starting with clues unearthed by history sleuth Immanuel Velikovsky and others, Emmet Sweeney takes the investigation further. While the Near Eastern civilizations are generally considered to have taken shape around 3300 BC — about 2,000 years before those of China and the New World — Ages in Alignment demonstrates that they had no 2,000-year head start. All the ancient civilizations arose simultaneously around 1100 BC, in the wake of a terrible natural catastrophe recalled in legend as the Flood or Deluge.Sweeney points out that the presently accepted chronology of Egypt is not based on science but on venerated literary tradition. This chronology had already been established, in its present form, by the third century BC when Jewish historians (utilizing the “History of Egypt” by the Hellenistic author Manetho) sought to “tie in” Egypt’s history with that of the Bible. Apparent gaps and weird repetitions resulted. Improbable feats like the construction of major cut-stone engineering projects before the advent of steel tools or Pythagorean geometry point to the weaknesses of the traditional view.Taking a more rigorous approach and pointing to solid evidence, Emmet Sweeney shows where names overlap, and where one and the same group is mistaken for different peoples in different times.Volume 1, The Genesis of Israel and Egypt, looks at the archaeological evidence for the Flood, evidence now misinterpreted and ignored. This volume examines the rise of the first literate cultures in the wake of the catastrophe, and goes on to trace the story of the great migration which led groups of early Mesopotamians westward toward Egypt, where they helped to establish Egyptian civilization.This migration, recalled in the biblical story of Abraham, provides the first link between Egyptian and Hebrew histories. The next link comes a few generations later with Imhotep, the great seer who solved the crisis of a seven-year famine by interpreting pharaoh Djoser’s dream. Imhotep is shown to be the same person as Joseph, son of Jacob. 

Table content

Chapter 1. The Deluge 13Legend and Stratigraphy 13The Violence of Nature in a Bygone Age 18Ancient History in Chaos 23Pole Shifts and Climate Plunges 27A Catastrophist Perspective 33Stairways to Heaven 36Chapter 2. The Dawn of History 43The Foundation of EgyptÃ??'s History 43Mesopotamian Origins 46The Abraham Migration 51In the Time of the Patriarchs 55Menes, Abraham and the God Thoth 60The Celestial Tower 65The Divine Land of the Egyptians 70Dates and Chronologies 75Chapter 3. King Djoser and His Time 81Setting the Scene 81Who Was King Djoser? 83Djoser and the Seven YearsÃ??' Famine 88The Story of Joseph 90Joseph and the Seer Imhotep 93Imhotep the Man 96Chapter 4. Exodus 101The Plagues of Egypt 101The Drowning of Pharaoh and His Army 107The Intermediate Period 111Horeb, the Mountain of God 116The End of a World Age 120Chapter 5. Moses and His Works 125The Authorship of Genesis 125Egyptian Elements in the Creation and Flood Stories 129Moses the Lawgiver 134Epilogue 139Appendix 145Bibliography 163Index 167