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Osarseph / ˈ oʊ z ər ˌ s ɛ f / or Osarsiph / ˈ oʊ z ər ˌ s ɪ f / (Koinē Greek: Ὀσαρσίφ) is a legendary figure of Ancient Egypt who has been equated with Moses.His story was recounted by the Ptolemaic Egyptian historian Manetho in his Aegyptiaca (first half of the 3rd century BC); Manetho's work is lost, but the 1st century AD Jewish historian Josephus quotes extensively from it.
[19] [20] In the writing of Jewish historian Josephus, ancient Egyptian historian Manetho is quoted writing of a treasonous ancient Egyptian priest, Osarseph, who renamed himself Moses and led a successful coup against the presiding pharaoh, subsequently ruling Egypt for years until the pharaoh regained power and expelled Osarseph and his ...
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After the expulsion, Osarseph changes his name to Moses (Contra Apion I.227-250). [195] Assmann argues that this second account is largely a mixture of the experiences of the later Amarna period with the Hyksos invasion, with Osarseph likely standing in for Akhenaten .
Removed this: Osarseph is a transliteration of the Egyptian wsr-seph, meaning "Vizier Seph". This seems to be claiming that wsr is related to Arabo-Persian vizier. It isn't. —Flembles 10:24, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Each explanation has evidence to support it: the name of the pharaoh, Amenophis, and the religious character of the conflict fit the Amarna reform of Egyptian religion; the name of Avaris and possibly the name Osarseph fit the Hyksos period; and the overall plot is an apparent inversion of the Jewish story of the Exodus casting the Jews in a ...
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