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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.
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 ...
As Joseph is saved from the well and sold to Egypt, he adopts a new name, Osarseph, replacing the Yo-element with a reference to Osiris to indicate that he is now in the underworld. This change of name to account for changing circumstances encourages Amenhotep to change his own name to Akhenaten.
The figure of Osarseph in Hellenistic historiography is a renegade Egyptian priest who leads an army of lepers against the pharaoh and is finally expelled from Egypt, changing his name to Moses. [ 102 ]
Joseph and His Brothers (1933–1943), a four-novel omnibus by Thomas Mann, retells the Genesis stories surrounding Joseph, identifying Joseph with the figure of Osarseph known from Josephus, and the pharaoh with Akhenaten. 1961 film, The Story of Joseph and His Brethren (Giuseppe venduto dai fratelli) [59] 1974 film, The Story of Jacob and ...
The figure of Osarseph in Hellenistic historiography is a renegade Egyptian priest who leads an army of lepers against the pharaoh and is finally expelled from Egypt, changing his name to Moses. In Hecataeus
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.
Osarseph = Ahmose Sipair or Serapis. The "Si" symbol in Si-pair, ie. son of... is really "Ser". He was either a prince or a pharoah, before Amenhotep I. Sometimes Serapis is spelled "Osarapis". There is an extra S in manetho's greek, but it's easy to see who is intended. And you can even see the Moses in Ahmosis.