Theos-Talk Archives (December 2002 Message tt00706)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Etzion Becker <etvionbb@n...> 
wrote:
> what
> all this has to do with Madame Blavatsky

She wrote about Manetho and Moses in ISIS UNVEILED. So if ISIS is 
relevant, Manetho is relevant.

> I think you are mixing the Hebrews with the Hiksos.

No, the Hyksos were kicked out of Egypt by Ahmose I and founded the 
ancient city which became Jerusalem. They may or may not have been 
allied with the Hebrews during the revolt against Egypt's king.

> there is no Egyptian record concerning exodus.

It was an important event in their history, and, yes, they did have a 
version of it. There are two sides (at least( to every stody as you 
kmow.

> I searched the internet,
> and here mentioned that all his records were lost

Yes, as I said all we have today are fragments, in Josephus and 
elsewhere.

he actually wrote his
> reocords in the third century B.C., 1700 years after the Hebrew 
episode.

True. He had access t ancient records which are now lost and is 
considered an important historian of ancient Egypt. That is not to 
say he was right about everything, but we cannot dismiss him out of 
hand. Gibbon did not write about the Roman Empire until centuries 
after the eventds he wrote about.

I
> think the only record which remained from that era, was that of 
Josephus
> Flavius.

Different era. Josephus wrote about the Jewish War with the Romans 
based on first hand observation. He was first century vintage.

I don't see where Blavatsky saw any race as
> superior

I do not care much for her race theories, but there is no reason to 
blame her for something which happened decades after her death. 
Saying she was responsible for Nazis is a canard in my opinion. She 
did have a lot of ideas which were very nineteenth century and would 
not be considered politically correct today.