- Re-discovered ancient tradition reveals that the Bible's greatest prophet
was
born as a prospective heir to the Egyptian throne - but enemies at court
and at the
priesthood obstructed his chances of becoming pharaoh ...
- New Data Reveal Moses' Unknown Egyptian Background:
What was behind the mysterious account of
Moses' birth?
Is there a hidden encroachment in the
earliest texts of the Bible?
Was Moses born by Pharaoh's Daughter?
What is the implication of Moses' name
being Egyptian?
Why are the first many years of Moses' life
not spoken of?
Here, for the first time this untraditional material is collected and
presented as an entirety. The Suppressed Record reveals a
revolutionizing and hidden attempt on Moses' whole identity as a person
as well as a historical character. And reveals his life and position
being surprisingly different from what has hitherto been assumed.
In antiquity the episode of "the infant sailing on the river" was a
widespread, well-defined ritual for royal children. But was the
Egyptians' drowning of children a sacrificial act in the ancient secret,
cultic rituals?
Rare sources on Moses handed down through the ages prove to connect with
Egyptian tradition and archaeological findings showing them to be
mutually related to the Bible, the rabbinical texts as well as authors
of antiquity. The dating is based on several sources, especially
recovered astronomical data, which might be scientifically tested.
Historical and biblical knowledge concerning the time and status of
Moses - to which, hitherto, the lack of sufficient facts have created
confusion - can now be re-established. It will contribute to the
solution of several puzzling biblical matters. Presenting living
historical writing allows the reader the safety of operating hand in
hand with the sources.
"... New exiting approaches. A grand synthesis ...One feels enriched as a
human being, not just intellectually enlightened, when Ove von Spaeth
with unusual insight and understanding explains the religious rationale
behind innumerable phenomena of history as well as present time
...Having read this work nobody will doubt the obvious relevance to
modern people of studying antiquity...".
Jens-André P. Herbener,
M.A. in Comparative Religion and Semitic Philology; Project Leader of the
New Scholarly Translation into Danish of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)
*
OVE VON SPAETH, the Historian, Writer, and Researcher, investigates
the ancient, still significant traces and the surprisingly many survived
clues concerning the historical Moses - a New dimension explored. This
task is thoroughly supported by
the author being
endowed with a substantial basis of historical and astronomical learning
and experience.
Altogether, in the various
works of Ove von Spaeth, eventually published during his many years of
intensive studies and exploration, this background combines with his
comprehensive research into archaeology, Egyptian tradition, ancient
languages, history of religion, anthropology, and factual historical
important teachings of mystery religion and mythology. Throwing new
light on the unusually abundant and also controversial material, and
even using holistic angle, his research also extends to a special line
of science: the cosmology of historical religions.
(From the Inside Flap:)
At some time someone had to break through the conventional views and,
instead, present the story of Moses in a logical coherence based on the
large, often very detailed information about him, which has still been
preserved. Eventually, this has happened - and in a refreshingly
different form.
This book is based on
solid documentary material from a notably large spectrum of also rare
sources, besides the Talmud for instance - seen for the first time as a
collected whole.
The present re-evaluation
of Moses' status and era is to the most impressive extend founded in
inter-disciplinary research of the history of ancient cultures. Already,
the very material is elementary exciting - and is now made accessible by
being carried out in a way that the book also is accessible for readers
without education in sciences or scholarly qualifications.
Moses has been the
inspiration of novels and films - whereas the data of the sources
combined with archaeological facts reveal that his real life-story is
the most exiting of all. The status and era of Moses being re-evaluated
in this book are founded in inter-disciplinary historical research.
This brings forward some,
hitherto hidden, chapters of our common cultural prehistory: Out of the
well-known biblical story is an untraditional and stronger Egyptian
background brought to light. Two important keys are astronomical dating,
moving Moses from myth to history, and the ancient magical rites and
mystery plays, whose acting language was lost to readers in later times.
(Inside front cover:)
"... It might as well be said at once:
This work probably renders the most original, and in various ways most
well supported offer for an answer to the (Moses) question, within
modern research.
The author... has a rare
aptitude for passing on an extremely complex and sometimes not very
accessible subject matter in a vivid yet logically structured and easily
understood manner.
... it is to be hoped
that Ove von Spaeth's book may contribute to marshal new
inter-disciplinary standards for future Bible research in general, and
for Moses research in particular - nationally as well as internationally ...".
Jens-André P. Herbener, M.A. in Comparative Religion
and Semitic Philology; - Project Leader at The Royal Library, of the New
Scholarly Translation into Danish of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)
_
"... this work is inter-disciplinary to an
exceptional degree, based on extensive and thorough studies within
history, theology, archaeology, and history of religion as well as
history of astronomy. ...
With zeal and flair
Ove von Spaeth has collected evidence from widely different sources to
support his main thesis regarding Moses and his status and place in
history. And from the astronomical-historical point of view I find the
starting point at a specific planetary constellation in 1537 B.C. worth
a trial in relation to biblical research, Egyptology, archaeology, and
general history. - Ove von Spaeth has chosen a vivid style in order to
reach a wider circle of readers than mere specialists ...".
Kristian Peder Moesgaard, D.Sc., Professor, History of
Science Department, Aarhus University; - Director of the Steno Museum, Danish
National Museum for the History of the Exact Sciences, Aarhus
From reviews on "The Suppressed Record", vol. 1 of the
Moses-series :
"... a fascinating,
coherent, interdisciplinary depiction of the origins of the prophet ...the
Danish independent scholar and polymath, Ove von Spaeth, who after a supreme
effort lasting many years may convince us that he has traced the origin and
subsequent life history of Moses in a true deluge of sources. - With nothing
less than formidable control of historical developments and interaction within
the Mediterranean region and the Near East, Ove von Spaeth pieces together a
profoundly fascinating puzzle that may very well turn out to be a true portrayal
of Moses and his life ...".
- Steen Voigt,
Science Editor, - Berlingske Tidende, Daily
"... a Danish
researcher attracts the attention and enthusiasm of several historians of
religion ...a feat comparable to a voyage of discovery. Yet not a voyage
exploring the far reaches of the earth, but one that delves into the missing
layers of history - a voyage that demands discipline, formidable knowledge and a
brain like a multi-gigabyte hard disk. - Studies like this one that rivet the
attention of others than the author and his family are rare nowadays. His books
may be the last Danish scientific bestseller in this millennium ..." (1999).
- Flemming
Chr. Nielsen, B.Sc., Editor, Writer, - Jyllands-Posten, Daily
"... broad vision
and a proper perspective. - I have greatly increased my knowledge of the ancient
Egyptians and the very diligent Jewish writers in this book, but I am unable to
verify the rabbinical placement of Moses. I am profoundly impressed by Ove von
Spaeth's vast knowledge ...".
- F.J.
Billeskov Jansen, Ph.D., Professor, at the University of Copenhagen, -
Politiken Daily
"... well
documented from start to finish ...this researcher is capable of working
open-mindedly with great breadth of view and coherence. - A copious breakthrough
rarely seen before in Moses research. A unique cultural-historical store of
knowledge ...".
- Jens
Jorgensen, M.A., Historian, external History Examiner at the
Universities of Copenhagen, Aarhus and Odense, - Frederiksborg Amts Avis, Daily
"... the dating of
Moses: from an astronomical viewpoint, I feel that the basis is worth testing in
relation to research and history ...deserves recognition outside Scandinavia
...".
- Kristian Peder
Moesgaard, D.Sc., Professor, History of Science Department, University of
Aarhus
"… super inter-disciplinary - extremely thorough studies. Ove von
Spaeth has succeeded in presenting the results in a language and a
style accessible to the man in the street. The book receives top marks
for its presentation tasks …".
- Ejgil Soeholm, Master of Literature Science, Research
librarian, Writer - Jyllands-Posten,
Daily
"... What makes the
tale believable is the extent to which von Spaeth has been able to assimilate a
vast amount of information from a wide variety of sources, utilising research
into Hebrew, Egyptian and other contemporary language documents. ...
This handsome
volume - anyone with a non-specialist interest in these far-off times from a
religious or historical perspective will enjoy having this volume at hand. -
Deserves an English translation so that it can be appreciated and argued about
by a broad international audience ...".
- Richard M.
Stern, Dr.rer.Nat., Copenhagen, - Swedano Journal
"... Rarely, if
ever, has the dating been so clearly defined or the implications elaborated
in such meticulous detail. - A presentation of detailed arguments and
painstaking analyses that contradict predominant theological trends. - An
exceptional amount of more prestige is at stake than immediately
anticipated, because if Ove von Spaeth is correct even only in the main
features, many years of dominant theological perceptions in this field are
simply going to
tumble like Dominoes pieces. ...Will encourage new breakthroughs and
corrections for a long time to come ...". -
Rune Engelbreth Larsen, M.A., History of Ideas; &
History of Religion, - Faklen
Journal
"The Suppressed
Record", the first book of the series, has been included in the list of
recommended literature about Egypt for official use by the basic school for
development aid experts of Danida, the Department for Development Aid of the
Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, as well as by the Educational Service
Centre in Copenhagen.
- Danish
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, - Official recording of the work in the
"Market Profile of Egypt" published by the Royal Danish Embassy of Egypt in
Cairo, 1999
Said about Ove von Spaeth's entire "Assassinating Moses"-series, VOLUMES
1-5:
Ground-breaking, outstanding, controversial -
The broad disclosure of the historical circumstances of Moses is
an exciting and thorough introduction to several fascinating aspects
of the ancient Egyptian world and the oldest history of Jews.
"... 5 volumes disclosing
re-discovered traditions. The individual volumes can be read separately. - Most
professional reviewers have seen this work as the best documented solution in
modern research concerning the Moses question. The work presents human
enlightenment, exciting perspectives, and an immense amount of informative
history writing, which cannot be read with the pace of a novel, but nevertheless
keeps the attention of the reader in the statement that ancient information has
an obvious meaning to modern human beings.
The writer has spent more
than 20 years on his studies and worked with these magnificent books - described
by science as "future biblical research", "broader spectre of source material
than other researchers in this line", "history-making interpretation", etc. -
and
human enrichment, exciting perspectives and incredibly informing history writing…
It is an achievement to
be able to write about such distant years with thorough documentation - (and) it
requires a huge amount of self-discipline... The work is interesting also in the
sense that many of the old, interesting and beautiful stories, we know from the
Old Testament, get a scientific twist showing the reader a better insight
adapted to present time ...".
- Finn Bentzen, Editor, J.A.K Magazine
"... I am very interested in your publications on Moses. - I have
translated the first 4 chapters of Genesis from the Hebrew, letter by letter
rather than assuming word divisions that may or may not have been there. The
result is so concise and beautiful that it identifies its author as being a
genius of the highest order. ...
The chapters of your
first book on your website were so very important to my work. - I will order
your books. It's good to read some logical reasoning behind the often
contradictory stories of Moses. It's also good for me in particular to have
Moses (and his writings) placed farther back in time than normally supposed ... ".
- Dianna Padgett,
Writer, Researcher, - Transframe, -
www.geocities.com/dianna217.geo/transframe.htm
In
Danish: "De Fortraengte Optegnelser" - Attentatet på
Moses, Vol.1 / by Ove von Spaeth Copenhagen
1999, 2nd edition, updated 2004 pp. 236,
soft cover, DKK: 125, - illstr., facsims.,
genealog. table, maps, plans. Includes bibliography and
index.
Publishers who want to publish
editions of this book in English, German, Spanish, French,
Japanese, and other languages can use this
address:
A special treasure of knowledge and wisdom
of Greece, Rome, and the Renaissance had originated in Ancient Egypt -
and was here known to connect also with the historical Moses' dramatic
fate and mystery.
Ove von Spaeth has
written an intriguing, new-orientating work presenting this still
influential background of our civilization. • His interdisciplinary
research on history, archaeology, and anthropology goes deeply into
Egyptian tradition, history of religion, initiation cults, star-knowledge,
and mythology - relating to biblical studies, the Rabbinical Writings,
and the authors of Antiquity. • Each volume offers unique insights not
presented before.
Special information is
presented by clicking on the individual cover illustrations:
(ed.note: reading the orientation is highly
recommended. The books are being translated into English)
News about the book-series:
www.moses-egypt.net
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