Biblically Compatible Archaeology and Geography

    by   Damien F. Mackey       “Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these teachers oppose the truth. They are men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected”.   2 Timothy 3:8       Jannes and Jambres not Egyptians   The tendency, a natural one, is to suspect that the two characters to whom St. Paul refers in 2 Timothy 3:8, “Jannes and Mambres [Jambres]”, were Egyptians (e.g., magicians) who had ‘resisted Moses to his face’ when Moses was still back in the land of Egypt. Here it will be suggested, instead, that the pair were Israelite troublemakers for Moses, whose bitter opposition to the great man would lead to their terrible demise.       In the course of my attempts over the years to set Moses in an historical Egyptian setting I have generally tried also to take into account “Jannes and Mambres” as Moses’ conte...

    by   Damien F. Mackey     “But if the Temple is indeed depicted on the Bar Kochba coins (e.g., as a national symbol) then there is a way to check your hypothesis - "our" Bar Kochba could depict only magnificent Herod's Temple, while "your" Bar Kochba - only the previous one, a puny hut”. Canadian Reader’s comment     Canadian reader:   …. Is your paper [not referenced by this reader] academic? Much of what you write is known. See e.g., this paper which can be also found on Academia: https://sci-cult.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/1-BELENKIY_formatted-corrAB_reformatted.pdf Cheers ....   Damien Mackey: … But then you're quite wrong in writing that: "Much of what you write is known". Who else today, but I, writes about Epiphanes as Hadrian (supposed to be some 300 years apart)? Or who else argues that there was no Second Jewish Revolt after the First one? ….   Canadian reader:  ...

  by   Damien F. Mackey           N. Grimal refers to another Aha (that being the name of Abraham’s proposed contemporary, Hor-Aha) as living at the same time as Khety II.       The king of Egypt at the time of Abram (Abraham) I have identified, e.g. in my article:   From Genesis to Hernan Cortes. Volume Four: Era of Abraham   https://www.academia.edu/41229801/From_Genesis_to_Hernan_Cortes._Volume_Four_Era_of_Abraham   as the first ruler of the First Dynasty, the very long-reigning Menes Hor-Aha (‘Min’). And I have been able - following the structure of the Book of Genesis ( toledôt and chiasmus) - to link that ruler with Abimelech known to Abram (Genesis 20:2) and to Isaac (26:1).     Whilst Abimelech ( אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ ) is a Hebrew name, meaning “ My Father is King”, I noted that it had a structure and meaning rather similar to that of the supposed...

      by   Damien F. Mackey         Before long [Hat]she[psut] will put aside all pretence and declare herself as the first ruler of the land, duly (though bizarrely) adding a manly beard to her statues. King Solomon will enter the land at her request and will greatly assist her as Senenmut (Senmut), her multi-tasking Steward, her quasi-royal consort, and her (you name it) – Senenmut being, according to some “the real power behind the throne”.         Essential here is my identification of Hatshepsut with King Solomon’s “Queen of Sheba”:   Hatshepsut's progression from Israel, Beersheba, to woman-ruler of Egypt   https://www.academia.edu/40872080/Hatshepsuts_progression_from_Israel_Beersheba_to_woman-ruler_of_Egypt   The following sequence (i-v) is basically how I see the extraordinary progression of the career of Hatshepsut Maatkare, from   a princess...