*Alward: The Ten Plagues
eric/cindy bach thebachs@fgi.net
Tue, 17 Nov 1998 19:25:42 -0600 (00911373942, 015b01be1292$7ae05540$1f9da7d0@bach)
Joe Alward wrote.......
>The following interpretation of the plague stories assumes that Pharaoh is
an
>aging leader, whose vanity prevents him from admitting that the Lord's
power
>is greater than his.
from Bach
Before you go even one step further, Joe, can you provide a name for this
particular Pharaoh, and if so, what is it?
As you and I both know, Egypt had a number of Pharaohs, some of whose names
and empire records were actually recorded in sources outside the bible. Why
isn't this particular Pharaoh's name known and why isn't his name as
important as the names of Moses and Aaron, the other characters in the
drama, if this story is to have any credibility? Why would you assume that
he was an "aging leader"? For all you know, he could have been a 13-year
old kid. Egypt had some very young Pharaohs, did they not?
Perhaps, if we just knew his name, we could know the date of this story and
compare it with any extant Egyptian records of this time period and actually
know who he was instead of proceeding on the basis of a gang of assumptions.
(Hey, don't blame me. You are the one who requested that I point out flaws
in your arguments.) I think this might just be the first of many.
Bones Bach
thebachs@fgi.net