The following is actually a semi-reasonable idea taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses
"A more recent and controversial view places Moses as a noble in the court of the Pharaoh Akhenaten (See below). Many scholars from Sigmund Freud to Joseph Campbell suggest that Moses may have fled Egypt after Akhenaten's death (ca. 1358 BC) when much of the pharaoh's monotheistic reforms were being violently reversed. The principal ideas behind this theory are: the monotheistic religion of Akhenaten being a possible predecessor to Moses' monotheism, and a contemporaneous collection of "Amarna Letters" written by nobles to Akhenaten (Amarna was Akhenaten's capital city) which describe raiding bands of "Habiru" attacking the Egyptian territories in Mesopotamia. (Transformations of Myth Through Time, Joseph Campbell, p. 87-90, Harper & Row)"
The reason why this could be true is because Moses died/translated at 120 years old more around the 13th century BC. Making him born around 14th century BC, close to the reign of
Akhenaten 1351 BC – 1334 BC, during the 18th Dynasty.
Then Moses kills an egyptian gaurd and flees to midian, for what is it 40 years? Comes back in the time of
Ramesses II 1279 BC – 1213 BC during the 19th Dynasty, to free his people.
If Ramesses II was the pharaoh during the exodus, then Akhenaten would very much be a historical contemporary.
Akhenaten died and was buried in the Valley of the Kings... his history ends there, in egypt.
There is copious amounts of history and migration (who the hell needs to lie about migrating?) which was led by Moses--- OUT of egypt and INTO Canaan.
The history of Moses is not only elaborately detailed, but FAR MORE extravagant than that of Akhenaten.
"A more recent and controversial view places Moses as a noble in the court of the Pharaoh Akhenaten (See below). Many scholars from Sigmund Freud to Joseph Campbell suggest that Moses may have fled Egypt after Akhenaten's death (ca. 1358 BC) when much of the pharaoh's monotheistic reforms were being violently reversed. The principal ideas behind this theory are: the monotheistic religion of Akhenaten being a possible predecessor to Moses' monotheism, and a contemporaneous collection of "Amarna Letters" written by nobles to Akhenaten (Amarna was Akhenaten's capital city) which describe raiding bands of "Habiru" attacking the Egyptian territories in Mesopotamia. (Transformations of Myth Through Time, Joseph Campbell, p. 87-90, Harper & Row)"
The reason why this could be true is because Moses died/translated at 120 years old more around the 13th century BC. Making him born around 14th century BC, close to the reign of
Akhenaten 1351 BC – 1334 BC, during the 18th Dynasty.
Then Moses kills an egyptian gaurd and flees to midian, for what is it 40 years? Comes back in the time of
Ramesses II 1279 BC – 1213 BC during the 19th Dynasty, to free his people.
If Ramesses II was the pharaoh during the exodus, then Akhenaten would very much be a historical contemporary.
Akhenaten died and was buried in the Valley of the Kings... his history ends there, in egypt.
There is copious amounts of history and migration (who the hell needs to lie about migrating?) which was led by Moses--- OUT of egypt and INTO Canaan.
The history of Moses is not only elaborately detailed, but FAR MORE extravagant than that of Akhenaten.