Was Akhenaten's Monotheism Influenced by 10 Plagues?

Who is the real Pharaoh at the time of Exodus? Did Moses influence Akhenaten's Monotheism?

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Ten Plagues For Ten Egyptian Gods and Goddess


The Gods of Egypt ＆ 10 Plagues

New film: “Exodus: Patterns of Evidence”

https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-date-1440bc.htm

Introduction:

1. The date of the exodus was 1446 BC when Israel left Egypt and 1406 BC when they crossed the Jordan into the promised land.
1. The Bible is consistent and clear on this date: 1 Kings 6:1; Judges 11:26; Acts 13:19. The three verses are powerful, convincing and consistent. (* The conventional dates of Solomon's reign are circa 970 to 931 BCE. This puts the date of its construction in the mid-10th century BCE.^[34] 1 Kings 9:10 says that it took Solomon 20 years altogether to build the Temple and his royal palace; the Temple itself was completed in 7 years.)
2. When Moses killed the Egyptian, he fled to Midian for 40 years from Thutmoses II who was Pharaoh from 1498-1485 BC.
2. Thutmoses III was the Pharaoh of the Exodus who reigned 1485 - 1431 BC in three phases. The exodus occurred in Thutmoses III's 18 year of rule after his mother died.
   

The Date and Pharaoh of the Exodus: 1446 BC

Pharaoh who killed Hebrew children: Amunhotep I: 1532-1511 BC
Pharaoh's Daughter who adopted Moses: Hatshepsut: 1526 BC
Pharaoh of Moses' flight to Midian: Thutmoses II/Hatshepsut: 1498-1485 BC
Pharaoh of the Exodus: Thutmoses III: 1485/1464 - 1431 BC

Pharaoh of the Exodus: Thutmoses III: (1485-1431)

Thutmoses III was Pharaoh in 1446 BC for a total of 54 years. (1485-1431).

There were three distinct phases to his rule.

1.      (1485-1464) First was when he was a baby and his stepmother Hatshepsut ruled as co-regent for 21 years.

2.      (1464-1446) Second, after Hatshepsut died, he ruled as Pharaoh for 18 years until the exodus.

3.      (1446-1431) Third, he ruled another 15 years after the exodus.

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G. The conversion of Akhenaten to monotheism

1.      One of the most stunning events in religious history is the conversion of Akhenaten to monotheism in 1358 BC.

2.      Akhenaten became Pharaoh in 1358 BC only 2 years before Joshua died in 1356 BC. He reigned 17 years and died in 1341 BC.

a.       Akhenaten was very aware of the power of the Hebrew God which demanded monotheistic worship.

b.      As Pharaoh, he knew how the 10 plagues of Moses had destroyed Egypt.

c.       He would know how the Hebrews had crossed the Red Sea on dry ground through 300-meter-high walls of water on either side, which came crashing down to drown Egypt's entire military.

d.      It was clear to Akhenaten the monotheistic God of the Hebrews was superior to the polytheistic pantheon of Egyptian gods.

e.      Akhenaten could clearly see that monotheism was superior to polytheism.

f.        Akhenaten converted to monotheism by worshipping the sun god, "Aten".

3.      Akhenaten's conversion to monotheism (sun worship) is a stunning marker unparalleled in Egyptian history and only the exodus and conquest can explain it.

( p.s.)Well, I guess you may speculate that Akhenaten's political ambitions could push him to take away powers and wealth from powerful priests of so many gods and goddesses. Yet the price he had to pay to achieve that by revolutionizing traditional religions of Egypt perhaps is too expensive for him to do so. Furthermore, he seemed fully believing in his new Sun disk God. --BH)

On this stela from El-Amarna, Egyptian King Akhenaten is seen with his wife Nefertiti and their daughters bearing offerings to the sun-disk Aten.

Conclusion:

1. The evidence that Thutmoses III was the Pharaoh of the exodus is overwhelming. The only other possible candidate might be Amenhotep II, his son, but he pales against the towering stature of his father in all ways.
2. Pharaoh who killed Hebrew children: Amunhotep I: 1532-1511 BC
3. Pharaoh's Daughter who adopted Moses: Hatshepsut: 1526 BC
4. Pharaoh of Moses' flight to Midian: Thutmoses II + Hatshepsut: 1498-1485 BC
5. Pharaoh of the Exodus: Thutmoses III: 1485/1464 - 1431 BC
6. The Bible is quite clear that the exodus happened in 1446 BC.

1. Hatshepsut is "Pharaoh's daughter" who adopted Moses:
   1. Hatshepsut, is the only candidate for the "Pharaoh's daughter" who drew Moses out of the Nile.
2. Hatshepsut, is the only candidate for the "Pharaoh's daughter" who drew Moses out of the Nile.
3. Born in 1541 BC, she would have been 15 years old when Moses was born in 1526. Hatshepsut's father was Thutmoses I and her mother was Queen Amoses.
4. Queen Ahmose had four children with Thutmosis I, but three died young leaving Hatshepsut as the only person who could wear the title of "Pharaoh's daughter". (Ex 2:7-10; Acts 7:21; Heb 11:24) The bible says that pharaoh's daughter adopted Moses out of pity. However, since she was unable to ever bear a son to Thutmoses II, Moses became her only chance for personal succession. This all changed when Moses was about 30, when Thutmoses II's second wife named Iset, bore him a son named Thutmoses III. Remember that Thutmoses II was Hatshepsut's stepbrother whom she married and jointly raised Moses to adulthood. Moses was heir apparent, until Thutmoses III was born when Moses was 30 in 1496 BC. The timing of the birth of Moses and the much later birth of Thutmoses III is proven by the fact that Thutmoses III was very young while he was coregent with his stepmother Hatshepsut until she died.

2. Thutmoses II and Hatshepsut the pharaohs of oppression:
   Thutmoses II and Hatshepsut were married stepchildren. Thutmoses II was the Pharaoh of the oppression who wanted to kill Moses who then fled to Midian. At this time, several things came together all in accordance with God's providence. It all started when Moses killed the Egyptian.

1. First: Moses was putting his trust in God and was turning away from the riches of Egypt. (Heb 11)
2. Second: a true full blooded "first born heir" to the throne had been recently been born to Thutmoses II through his second wife, Iset.
3. Third: this placed enormous pressure on the ambitious Hatshepsut who only had Moses as an adopted "first born" heir.
4. Fourth: there was likely a rivalry with bad feelings between Iset and Hatshepsut just like Sarah and Hagar.
5. Fifth: Moses, like Hatshepsut, could also "read between the lines" and see that there was an upcoming power battle over the rightful heir to the throne of Egypt between him and Thutmoses III. Queen Hatshepsut was furious woman scorned because "Moses refuses to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter (Hatshepsut)Heb 11:24. Moses insulted and hurt his stepmother by turning his back on everything she thought was important. In reality, both Thutmoses II and Hatshepsut were out to kill Moses for different reasons and were both "Pharaoh's of the oppression". Thutmoses II wanted to kill Moses to make his biological first-born son, Thutmoses III Pharaoh, because Moses had legal first right! Hatshepsut wanted to kill Moses out of vengeful hurt of rejection as a “mother spurned”.

D. Thutmoses III was the Exodus Pharaoh:

1. Moses derives his name from the 18^th dynasty not the 19^th dynasty of Ramesses.
1. "Moses" derives his name from Ahmoses, Thutmoses I and the "Thutmoses" dynasty of kings. Thutmoses I was the father of Hatshepsut who named Moses. It is obvious Moses did not get his name from the 19th dynasty era of Rameses II.

It is sad that bible trashing archaeologists deliberately spell "Thutmoses" in ways that breaks any connection with "Moses" of the Bible. These variant spellings include: Tuthmosis, Tuthmose, Thotmes. Remember that the name "Thutmoses" was written in hieroglyphics (pictures), but the name Moses is written in Hebrew and Greek. Because we are certain of how Moses' name was spelled in English, and that he got his name from Hatshepsut, the daughter of Thutmoses I, the modern archaeological world, and all Bible students would be both prudent and correct to spell the 18th dynasty pharaohs as "Thutmoses". This is a case of using the inspired text of the Bible to teach Egyptologists ...

(You may also watch this "Patterns of Evidence-Exodus" in the following link.)

https://tubitv.com/movies/500738/patterns_of_evidence_exodus

(note by BH: secular archaeology likes to reverse the order to think

 the monotheism of Akhenaten influenced Moses, you may 

decide for yourself which is more likely?)

Biblical Archaeology Review 41:4, July/August 2015

Did Akhenaten’s Monotheism Influence Moses?

By Brian Fagan

(...Defying centuries of traditional worship of the Egyptian pantheon, Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten decreed during his reign in the mid-14th century B.C.E. that his subjects were to worship only one god: the sun-disk Aten. Akhenaten is sometimes called the world’s first monotheist. Did his monotheism later influence Moses—and the birth of Israelite monotheism?

In “Did Akhenaten’s Monotheism Influence Moses?” in the July/August 2015 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, University of California, Santa Barbara, emeritus professor of anthropology Brian Fagan discusses this tantalizing question.

Egyptian King Akhenaten, meaning “Effective for Aten”—his name was originally Amenhotep IV, reigned from about 1352 to 1336 B.C.E. In the fifth year of his reign, he moved the royal residence from Thebes to a new site in Middle Egypt, Akhenaten (“the horizon of Aten,” present-day Tell el-Amarna), and there ordered lavish temples to be built for Aten. Akhenaten claimed to be the only one who had access to Aten, thus making an interceding priesthood unnecessary.)

Brian Wood's discovery about Jericho's falling walls.                                                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EIkkbOZ_Gg