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JENS-ANDRÉ P. HERBENER: INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME 1 |
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Where did the Bible's renowned Moses character originally come from? Who
was he? When did he live? Did he exist at all? With dauntless
open-mindedness and an implicit faith in the historical substance of ancient
tradition worth the name of Schliemann Danish author and researcher Ove von
Spaeth takes the reader on an impressive Odyssey round the source material
of antiquity in order to answer these highly interesting questions. 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 these questions
within modern research.
Firstly Ove von Spaeth
has dug up countless, and to most people obviously unknown amounts of
information on Moses from Egyptian, Jewish, Greek, Latin, Arabian, and
Indian sources, only to collate, with special focus on ancient Egyptian
conditions, everything in a grand synthesis. This has never been done
before!
Secondly he has involved
archaeological research, carried out astronomic dating and geography
historical reconstruction, as well as subjected the character of Moses to
wide-ranging linguistic, culture historical and religion phenomenological
analysis. Nor has this ever been done before in a similar overall account of
the matter.
His background being an
ideal interdisciplinary access and an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of the
subject, Ove von Spaeth is able to adopt new exiting approaches to research
regarding the character of Moses. He succeeds with a cogent strength in
rendering probable the origin of Moses, where he came from, who
he actually was, when he lived, and, indeed also that he has in
fact existed.
Here it should be emphasized that this account of Moses does not represent a starry-eyed
pop-scientific attempt to prove that "the Bible was right after all". On the
contrary, the author's perspicacious point shows that regarding Moses it is
probably not 'right' at least in its present form. The author makes
comparisons with other ancient sources presenting, over a wide front, quite
a different (though not unambiguous) picture.
Nevertheless, the
material presented in the book necessarily implies a clash with certain
aspects of modern theological research categorically rejecting the factual
historical existence of Moses. As shown by the author this rejection is
based either on deliberate discarding of "problematic" non-biblical sources
and circumstances or on regrettable ignorance. Quite remarkable as the Bible
is probably the most thoroughly studied book in world literature. In the
light of this 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.
The author's fluently
rapid style should be emphasized, too. He 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. Forming a sharp
contrast to the short-sighted academics of modernity, finding in ancient
literature merely words, Ove von Spaeth finds its imposing spirit, too. In
other words one feels enriched as a human being, not just intellectually
enlightened, when he 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 Semitic
Philology and Comparative Religion; - Project leader, at The Royal National Library of Denmark, of
the new scholarly translation into Danish of the Hebrew Bible (Old
Testament)
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VOLUME 1's PREFACE AND INFO - BY OVE VON SPAETH |
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PREFACE BY AUTHOR: This re-evaluation of the time and status
of the historical Moses and the special inspirations behind his work, is based
on interdisciplinary scientific- and cultural historical research, connecting
archaeological findings, textual research, and astronomical dating. All
recovered material are being related to the Bible, the Rabbinical Writings, and various authors of
Antiquity.
Many
handed-down sources and findings have, for the first time, been put into a
greater context and should be judged in its entirety. The book is not based
on single sources or solitary decisions; on the other hand, its foundation
is the presentation of a long string of clues and indications; these may be
considered a "special offer" to further research.
The book can be read
without previous scientific qualifications. And is not an attempt to present
Moses' "curriculum vitae", nor is it "documentary fiction", or a historical
account distributed by fashionable writing.
Annotations have been left out
in favour of coherence and legibility. Instead, annotations have been
continuously included in the reading-matter. References of sources are given
directly on the spot and may, as you like, be passed over or used in further
documentation just like Summaries and Appendixes. The intentional lack of
other current annotation is compensated for by a comprehensive bibliography
with further substantiation of the information given in the book. The
bibliography has been divided into various fields of subject in order to
facilitate verification.
The British Egyptologist
Alan H. Gardiner's transcription of Egyptian names has been preferred.
Supplementary astronomical data are presented at the end of the book.
A number of researchers
and experts have from their separate fields of science most kindly contributed
with guidance, criticism, argumentation, and encouragement. Naturally, these
experts are not responsible for the ways of using their
information.
Special thanks are offered to:
Historical
Astronomy: Kristian Peder Moesgaard, D.Sc. Professor, History of
Science Department, Aarhus University - Director of the Steno Museum, The
Danish National Museum for the History of Science, Aarhus University.
Egyptology:
Erik Iversen, Ph.D.,h.c., Assistant Professor, formerly Department of Egytology, University of
Copenhagen; - Eva Richter Aeroe, M.A., Assistant Professor, Carsten Niebuhr Institute,
University of Copenhagen; - Geoffrey T. Martin, Prof.D., Department of
Egyptology, London University, England.
Hebrew
Philology/Bible- and Talmud Texts: Egon K. Keck, M.A. in Semitic
Languages, Subject Adviser, Dep. of Judaism, The Royal National Library of
Denmark, Copenhagen; - S. Heimann, Rabbi, formerly Dep. of Judaism,
The Royal National Library of Denmark, Copenhagen; - Jens-André P.
Herbener, M.A. in Semitic Philology and Comparative Religion, and Project
leader, at The Royal National Library of Denmark, of the new scholarly
translation into Danish of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament).
Biblical Research:
Bent Melchior, former Chief Rabbi of Denmark; - Jakob H.
Groenbaek, B.D., Subject Adviser, The Royal National Library of Denmark,
Copenhagen; - Eduard Nielsen, B.D., Professor, Dep. of Biblical
Exegesis, University of Copenhagen; - Niels Peter Lemche, B.D.,
Professor, Dep. of Biblical Exegesis, University of Copenhagen.
Josephus Research:
Per Bilde, D.D., Study of Religion, Professor, Aarhus University.
Greek Philology
and Mythology: Leo Hjortsoe, Assistant Professor, Department of
Greek and Latin, University of Copenhagen.
Arabian Philology
and History: Ellen Wulff, M.A., Carsten Niebuhr Institute,
Professor, University of Copenhagen; - Philippe Provencal, M.A.,
Semitic Philology, Aarhus University.
History:
Jens Jörgensen, M.A. in History, former Headmaster, officiately app.
examiner in history at the Universities of Copenhagen, Aarhus and Odense.
Principles of the
Jewish/Mosaic Calendar: Bent Lexner, Chief Rabbi of Denmark, Copenhagen.
Astronomical
Calculation: Leif Kahl Kristensen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Department of History of Science, Aarhus University; - K.A. Ternoe,
M.A., formerly Department of Physics, Danish Post-Graduate Training College
for Educated Teachers, Copenhagen; - Kyril Fabrin, Assist.
Professor, Mathematics & Astronomy, formerly Aalborg University; -
H. Quade Rasmusen, Astronomer, Kalundborg, DK; - F.R. Stephenson,
D.C., Astronomer, University of Durham, England; - David Dunham, DC,
Astronomer, US Naval Observatory, Washington DC, USA.
Further thanks to: Erik Dal, Ph.D., Chief librarian, The Royal
National Library of Denmark, Copenhagen; - Eva Björnböl,
Research-librarian, Cairo; - Jannie Fursund, LLD, Assistant Professor;
- Jeppe Berg Sandvej, Ph.D., in Theology and History of Ideas; - Asmus
Koefoed, Bach.Phys.; - Karine Smidth, Journalist; - Sidney Maage,
Principal, Ministry of Defence; - Raymond Bildstedfelt, Inf.Director, DI;
- Henry Lincoln, Writer, Researcher; - Sven Tito Achen, Symbology
Historian, and Council Secretary, formerly The Danish Research Council for the
Humanities; - Guni Martin, Instructor, Writer, Publisher; - Marianne
Illum, proofreader; - Evan Bogan, Publ. Director; - The Staff of The Royal
National Library of Denmark, and of Dep. II of the Copenhagen University
Library; - Construction of Computer Programmes: Laurids Pedersen, Nysted,
DK; - Astronomical Computer Calculations: Jarl Hansen, Macro Systems
Internet,
Coín, Spain.
OvS.
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Summary - some synoptic clues concerning the Volume 1: The Suppressed Record,
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Moses' Unknown Egyptian Background
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Volume 1 presents the material crucial to that 1)
Moses was Egyptian and not Hebrew as assumed for a long time. This confirmed
- for instance based on ancient texts and also on the then widely used royal
baby ritual (the reception by the river) he had to perform - that 2) Moses was in fact the
Son of "Pharaoh's Daughter" and was a candidate to the Egyptian throne. And
finally is demonstrated that 3) the pharaonic daughter in
question exactly is to be the person who later became known as Queen
Hatshepsut.
- Several re-discovered ancient traditions 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 ...
The problem of the
scholars' researching until now, concerning the century in which Moses lived, can apparently
be solved based on the verifying of surviving Rabbinical Writings'
astronomical dating and calendar information in relation to
Egyptology/archaeological research. Hatshepsut became queen (1522 BC) and -
very unusual - was later crowned as Pharaoh (1509 BC); to a certain degree
this protected her son - Moses - as an heir to the throne.
The traditions'
knowledge of Moses is sustained by the increased knowledge of our time about
the Egyptian royal family. The family relations had decisive importance to
the changed life of Moses in Egypt. Based on the exact information of the
Rabbinical Writings it is possible to sustain that in 1534 BC (in February)
the Daughter of Pharaoh gave birth to Moses. This time is consistent with
the coronation of Hatshepsut the year before, when this young daughter of
Tuthmosis I through this became her father's co-regent with official
title as Pharaoh's Daughter!
A high-ranking member of
the royal family with the title of the river good, Iteru (Jethro),
was the father of Moses. Later he had to leave Egypt and live in exile. The
mother of Moses, i.e. Hatshepsut, was then married to her younger
half-brother, the later Tuthmosis II, who ruled ca. 1522-1509 BC. He was
the son of Tuthmosis I and Mutnofret, a Lady-in-Waiting, who in general is
not considered royal.
Eusebius, ancient Church Historian, refers traditional
knowledge about Moses at the court, and about the husband (Tuthmosis II) of
Pharaoh's Daughter as being the oldest known case of elephantiasis. The
3,500 year old mummy of Tuthmosis II - not found until present time
(1881) - shows exactly such an unusual suffering at the worst degree even
seen on any royal mummy!
Hatshepsut had no
more sons, but Tuthmosis II had a son with Iset, a Concubine not of royal
blood; later this son became Pharaoh named Tuthmosis (III). Despite the very
fragile royal descent of the latter outsider prince, this candidate, being
competitor to the
throne, was supported by parts of the clergy through an efficient plot. This
caused a violent disturbance of the fate of Moses.
Because Moses had
to escape before he had taken over the Egyptian throne, he has not left the
many conspicuous, "official" traces. Therefore, he had not, like many of the
pharaohs, a life-long possibility of glorifying himself with buildings and
monuments or images and inscriptions about his life as the ruler of the
country.
When the Egyptian
identity of Moses was officially cancelled, he was made "non-existing" in
his native country of Egypt, all of which is another reason for the
apparently disappeared traces of Moses in the very country of Egypt. Some
traces which still might be remaining, have frequently been ignored,
especially because the Moses narrative mainly has been considered on he
basis of later times' interpretation of the biblical texts instead of on an
Egyptian point of view.
The many specific data
disclose a dramatic, moving, but so far unknown part of his fate - this
being of great coherence and logical connection which cannot be explained
away. The result is 1) an enhanced result for the dating
of the existence of Moses in Egypt, and 2) a concretion
of the background of Moses as a royal born person and Egyptian heir to the
throne. This furnishes a genuine opening to the Egyptian past of Moses,
which is indispensable when solving the enigma of the assassination of
Moses.
Now,
there has been provided access to a long time hidden chapter in the history of
Egypt - containing a fateful drama about the young Moses at the pharaoh's court
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- More about the contents:
Information points concerning this Volume
1 of the series
"Assassinating Moses"
- More about the contents of Volume 1: read
chapter 1 (chapter
2 and chapter 3)
- More about Volume 1:
A more precise dating of Moses
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