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(More customer reviews)Author Ahmed Osman has written this book to get people to stop and realize that these characters from the Torah/Talmud were actual, historical figures. He claims the link to actual Egyptian history was severed in the early Common Era when Rome became thirsty for power (including religious power) and, hand-in-hand with destroying the library at Alexandria, they "destroyed" Christianity's true roots as an Egyptian "political" religion.
His research is not widely accepted by a majority of modern Egyptologists, he claims for reasons that it will put their own work in jeopardy. I would have to agree with that, however, his work will be no big threat to anyone until he (and other researchers) can find more evidence to demonstrate his theories. (He also needs to explain why, if Roman theologists eliminated all positive references to Egypt in religious scripture, Jewish manuscripts have eliminated the same "missing" references.)
The theories Osman has come up with are very intriguing. He provides biographical information for some ancient Egyptian rulers and compares their dynastic careers with descriptions we find for certain characters in the Torah, starting out with King David and working his way down the line chronologically.
Osman also references ancient Egyptian societal customs in relation to marriages, birthrights, military campaigns, etc. -- He points out that often, a sentence in Scripture that seems like "no big deal" contains some big hidden secret alluding to cultural norms of the area and time, for example, he breaks down some passages about King David's political position in Egypt and explains how Westerners have misinterpreted these passages and teaches the correct meaning in relation to the events' setting.
As far as I am aware, this is one of the first books published to pose such theories, and I am sure most people will be resistent to agree with him. However, I feel his speculation will fuel many other researchers to attempt to either prove or disprove his theories, and hopefully we can expect to find many more books on this topic soon.
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