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'''Ahmed Osman''' (born ]) is an ]-born author and Egyptologist. He was put forward a handful of theories which are mainly rejected by mainstream Egyptologists. | |||
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| name = Ahmed Osman | |||
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1934}} | |||
| nationality = Egyptian | |||
| occupation = Author | |||
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'''Ahmed Osman''' ({{langx|ar|أحمد عثمان}}; born 1934) is an ]ian-born author. He has put forward a number of theories, some ] in nature, about ] and the origins of ], ] and ]. | |||
==Hypotheses== | |||
Born in ] in 1934, Osman was a law student at ] before becoming a journalist. He moved to London in 1964. He became interested in possible links between the ] and recent ] discoveries in Egypt, looking for possible reasons for the historical tension between Egypt and ]. | |||
⚫ | His first hypothesis was that ] was the ] of ], Yuya. In 1987 this claim provided the basis for his first book, ''Stranger in the Valley of the Kings''. | ||
Osman identified the ]-born Egyptian official Joseph with the Egyptian official ], and asserted the identification of Hebrew liberator ] with the Egyptian pharaoh ]. In an article in '']'' Egyptologist Deborah Sweeney points out that to do this Osman "revamps the biblical text drastically", that he has used ideas about Egypt that have been shown to be wrong, and that Yuya's belief in multiple gods and his position as a priest of ] does not equate with Joseph's monotheism.<ref name="Sweeney">{{cite journal |last1=Sweeney |first1=Deborah |title=Osman, "Stranger in the Valley of the Kings" |journal=The Jewish Quarterly Review |date=1992 |volume=82 |issue=3/4 |pages=575–579 |doi=10.2307/1454900 |jstor=1454900 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1454900 |access-date=15 January 2021 |issn=0021-6682}}</ref> | |||
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⚫ | Ahmed Osman has also claimed that Moses and Akhenaten were the same person, supporting his belief by interpreting aspects of biblical and Egyptian history. He alleges that ] can be considered ] and related to ], and includes other similarities, including a ban on idol worship and the similarity of the name Aten to the Hebrew Adon, or "Lord". This would mesh with Osman's other claim that Akhenaten's maternal grandfather Yuya was the same person as the Biblical Joseph. | ||
Most mainstream Egyptologists do not agree with his theories, some even rejecting them as nonsense.<ref name=Ahram>http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/672/profile.htm</ref><ref>http://www.metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20050408-051324-4388r</ref>Donald Redford wrote a scathing review of ''Stranger in the Valley of the Kings'' for BAR.<ref>Redford, Donald B. Review of ''Stranger in the Valley of the Kings'' by Ahmed Osman (though his books get mostly positive reviews). BAR 15/2 p.8</ref> Osman states that the reason mainstream Egyptologists do not accept his theories and the theories of others is because, "Egyptologists have established their careers on their interpretations", no matter how unlikely they may be, and that to accept other theories could give them less authority.<ref Name=Ahram/> | |||
A number of Osman's positions are in conflict with mainstream ], including ]. | |||
Some Egyptologists have gone as far as rejecting them as unacademic conjecture while others do not consider them worth refuting.<ref name="Ahram">{{Cite web|url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/672/profile.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325163855/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/672/profile.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-03-25|title=Al-Ahram Weekly {{!}} Profile {{!}} Ahmed Osman: Beyond belief|date=2015-03-25|access-date=2017-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20050408-051324-4388r|title= Source }}{{Dead link|date=September 2017}}</ref> ] wrote a scathing review of ''Stranger in the Valley of the Kings'' for '']'' in which he wrote "The author treats the evidence as cavalierly as he pleases. He presents himself as a sober historian, yet when it suits him, the Biblical evidence is accepted at face value and literally... When the Biblical evidence does not suit Osman, it is discarded."<ref>Redford, Donald B. Review of ''Stranger in the Valley of the Kings'' by Ahmed Osman. BAR 15/2 p.8</ref> | |||
He also argues that ] was not Jewish but was actually the Egyptian Pharaoh ] and that there was no ], just a confusion between the names Jesus and Joshua: "Up to the 16th century, when the Old Testament books were translated from the Mesoretic Hebrew text into modern European languages, Jesus was the name of the prophet who succeeded Moses as leader of the Israelites in Egypt. Since the 16th century we started to have two names, Jesus and Joshua, which confused people into the belief that they were two different characters".<ref Name=Ahram/> | |||
Osman states that the reason mainstream Egyptologists do not accept his ideas is because "Egyptologists have established their careers on their interpretations" and that to accept other theories could give them less authority.<ref Name=Ahram/> | |||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
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*''Stranger in the Valley of the Kings: Solving the Mystery of an Ancient Egyptian Mummy'' (1987) {{ISBN|0-06-250674-9}} | ||
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: Alternate edition: ''Stranger in the Valley of the Kings: The Identification of Yuya as the Patriarch Joseph'' (1988) | ||
: Stranger in the Valley of the Kings (no subtitle) (1994) {{ISBN|0-586-08784-2}} | |||
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: Alternate edition: ''Hebrew Pharaohs of Egypt: The Secret Lineage of the Patriarch Joseph'' (2001) {{ISBN|0-9540168-0-7}} (2003) {{ISBN|1-59143-022-4}} | ||
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*''Moses: Pharaoh of Egypt: The Mystery of Akhenaten Resolved'' (1990) {{ISBN|0-246-13665-0}} (1994) {{ISBN|0-586-09034-7}} | ||
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: Alternate edition: ''Moses and Akhenaten: The Secret History of Egypt at the Time of the Exodus'' (2002) | ||
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*''The House of the Messiah: Controversial Revelations on the Historical Jesus'' (1992) {{ISBN|0-586-21685-5}} {{ISBN|0246139064}} | |||
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: Alternate edition: ''The House of the Messiah: A Brilliant New Solution to the Enduring Mystery of the Historical Jesus'' (1994) | ||
⚫ | : Alternate edition: ''Jesus in the House of the Pharaohs: The Essene Revelations on the Historical Jesus'' (2004) {{ISBN|1-59143-027-5}} | ||
*'''Out of Egypt: The Roots of Christianity Revealed''' (]) | |||
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*''Out of Egypt: The Roots of Christianity Revealed'' (1999) {{ISBN|0-7126-7962-6}} | ||
*''Moses and Akhenaten: The Secret History of Egypt at the Time of the Exodus'' (2002) {{ISBN|1-59143-004-6}} | |||
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*''Christianity: An Ancient Egyptian Religion'' (2005) {{ISBN|1-59143-046-1}} | ||
*''Christianity and Political Islam'' with Mounir Ghabbour (2010) {{ISBN|0-7043-7210-X}} | |||
* ''Breaking the Mirror of Heaven: the Conspiracy to Suppress the Voice of Ancient Egypt'' with ] (2012) {{Isbn|1591431565}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Born | 1934 (age 90–91) |
Nationality | Egyptian |
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Ahmed Osman (Arabic: أحمد عثمان; born 1934) is an Egyptian-born author. He has put forward a number of theories, some revisionist in nature, about Ancient Egypt and the origins of Islam, Judaism and Christianity.
Hypotheses
His first hypothesis was that Joseph was the father-in-law of Amenhotep III, Yuya. In 1987 this claim provided the basis for his first book, Stranger in the Valley of the Kings.
Osman identified the Semitic-born Egyptian official Joseph with the Egyptian official Yuya, and asserted the identification of Hebrew liberator Moses with the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten. In an article in The Jewish Quarterly Review Egyptologist Deborah Sweeney points out that to do this Osman "revamps the biblical text drastically", that he has used ideas about Egypt that have been shown to be wrong, and that Yuya's belief in multiple gods and his position as a priest of Min does not equate with Joseph's monotheism.
Ahmed Osman has also claimed that Moses and Akhenaten were the same person, supporting his belief by interpreting aspects of biblical and Egyptian history. He alleges that Atenism can be considered monotheistic and related to Judaism, and includes other similarities, including a ban on idol worship and the similarity of the name Aten to the Hebrew Adon, or "Lord". This would mesh with Osman's other claim that Akhenaten's maternal grandfather Yuya was the same person as the Biblical Joseph.
A number of Osman's positions are in conflict with mainstream Egyptology, including conventional Egyptian chronology. Some Egyptologists have gone as far as rejecting them as unacademic conjecture while others do not consider them worth refuting. Donald B. Redford wrote a scathing review of Stranger in the Valley of the Kings for Biblical Archaeology Review in which he wrote "The author treats the evidence as cavalierly as he pleases. He presents himself as a sober historian, yet when it suits him, the Biblical evidence is accepted at face value and literally... When the Biblical evidence does not suit Osman, it is discarded."
He also argues that Jesus was not Jewish but was actually the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun and that there was no Joshua, just a confusion between the names Jesus and Joshua: "Up to the 16th century, when the Old Testament books were translated from the Mesoretic Hebrew text into modern European languages, Jesus was the name of the prophet who succeeded Moses as leader of the Israelites in Egypt. Since the 16th century we started to have two names, Jesus and Joshua, which confused people into the belief that they were two different characters".
Osman states that the reason mainstream Egyptologists do not accept his ideas is because "Egyptologists have established their careers on their interpretations" and that to accept other theories could give them less authority.
Works
- Stranger in the Valley of the Kings: Solving the Mystery of an Ancient Egyptian Mummy (1987) ISBN 0-06-250674-9
- Alternate edition: Stranger in the Valley of the Kings: The Identification of Yuya as the Patriarch Joseph (1988)
- Stranger in the Valley of the Kings (no subtitle) (1994) ISBN 0-586-08784-2
- Alternate edition: Hebrew Pharaohs of Egypt: The Secret Lineage of the Patriarch Joseph (2001) ISBN 0-9540168-0-7 (2003) ISBN 1-59143-022-4
- Moses: Pharaoh of Egypt: The Mystery of Akhenaten Resolved (1990) ISBN 0-246-13665-0 (1994) ISBN 0-586-09034-7
- Alternate edition: Moses and Akhenaten: The Secret History of Egypt at the Time of the Exodus (2002)
- The House of the Messiah: Controversial Revelations on the Historical Jesus (1992) ISBN 0-586-21685-5 ISBN 0246139064
- Alternate edition: The House of the Messiah: A Brilliant New Solution to the Enduring Mystery of the Historical Jesus (1994)
- Alternate edition: Jesus in the House of the Pharaohs: The Essene Revelations on the Historical Jesus (2004) ISBN 1-59143-027-5
- Out of Egypt: The Roots of Christianity Revealed (1999) ISBN 0-7126-7962-6
- Moses and Akhenaten: The Secret History of Egypt at the Time of the Exodus (2002) ISBN 1-59143-004-6
- Christianity: An Ancient Egyptian Religion (2005) ISBN 1-59143-046-1
- Christianity and Political Islam with Mounir Ghabbour (2010) ISBN 0-7043-7210-X
- Breaking the Mirror of Heaven: the Conspiracy to Suppress the Voice of Ancient Egypt with Robert Bauval (2012) ISBN 1591431565
References
- Sweeney, Deborah (1992). "Osman, "Stranger in the Valley of the Kings"". The Jewish Quarterly Review. 82 (3/4): 575–579. doi:10.2307/1454900. ISSN 0021-6682. JSTOR 1454900. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Al-Ahram Weekly | Profile | Ahmed Osman: Beyond belief". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
- "Source".
- Redford, Donald B. Review of Stranger in the Valley of the Kings by Ahmed Osman. BAR 15/2 p.8