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Sixth and Twelfth Egyptian Dynasty links to Artapanus’ legend of Moses

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  by   Damien F. Mackey         The first Oppressor Pharaoh   The dynastic founding Pharaoh who began the persecution of the Israelites in Egypt, the “new king” of Exodus 1:8, was Teti of the Sixth Dynasty , was Amenemes of the Twelfth Dynasty .   The Jewish-Hellenistic writer, Artapanus, called him “Palmanothes”, in which name can be discerned the element Amen , of Amenemes (Amenemhat), but, more especially, the element Othoes , for Teti (Manetho): Egyptian Pharaohs : Old Kingdom : Dynasty 6 : Teti   Teti and Amenemes connect together nicely, sharing the throne name, Sehetepibre (‘He who satisfies the Heart of Re’) and the exact same Horus name, Sehetep-tawy (‘Horus, who pacifies the Two Lands’), as well as being the dynastic founder. A further likely connection is that death came through assassination.   Artapanus tells, in his book  Concerning the Jews,  that “Palmanothes succeeded to the...
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‘Chenephres’ drives Moses out of Egypt

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    by   Damien F. Mackey   Ancient tradition (the Jewish-Hellenistic, Artapanus) has served us well by preserving the names of Moses’s Egyptian foster-mother, “Merris” and her pharaonic husband, “Chenephres”, thereby enabling us to situate Moses at the time of pharaoh Chephren and his wife, Meres-ankh.   This was the great Pyramid and Sphinx building age of Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty. The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus had written that the oppressed Israelites built (amongst other things) pyramids for the pharaohs ( Antiquities, Bk. II).   Moses would have begun, as a young adult, by officiating for the infanticidal ruler, Khufu (Cheops), the “new king who knew not Joseph” (Exodus 1:8). But his mature strides towards becoming a famous character in ancient Egypt (Acts 7:22): “ Moses … was powerful in speech and action”, would have become most manifest during the next reign, that of pharaoh Chephren (“Chenephres”).   In Sixth Dynast...
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