Could Moses be Thutmose, the Overseer of the Borderlands? – Platinum Post from Serene
Here's a provocative post by your fellow Platinum member, Serene: can Moses be identified with another known figure from history, the Egyptian overseer of the Borderlands, Thutmose? Read her case and let us know what you think! ****************************** Could Moses be Thutmose, Overseer of Foreign Lands and Frontier Lands? “…he changed his name and called himself Moses” — Josephus in Against Apion, quoting 3rd C BCE Egyptian historian Manetho. Hi Platies! Thank you for the kind reception to my first post, “Jesus, the Half-Nabataean Prince. The question I’m asking today is, “Could Santa Claus be Nicholas, the Bishop of Myra?” Ok, that one’s solved already — he is. It’s just easier to base something on something pre-existing. Like the historical basis for Moses. Manetho claimed that Moses governed from an Egyptian city called Avaris. And archaeologists agree that the Exodus’ Land of Goshen was the area around Avaris. Well, Ancient Egypt’s records have only one Moses-like name that governed from Avaris (that I can find) — and that’s Overseer Thutmose. [...]