[Ages in Chaos 01] • From the Exodus to King Akhnaton by Velikovsky, Immanuel -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Publisher’s Preface Foreword Dedication Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 In Search of a Link Between Egyptian and Israelite Histories

Two Lands and Their Past What Is the Historical Time of the Exodus? Plagues and Portents Upheaval An Egyptian Eyewitness Testifies to the Plagues Egypt in Upheaval The Last Night before the Exodus “Firstborn” or “Chosen” Revolt and Flight The Hyksos Invade Egypt Pi-ha-Khiroth The Ermitage Papyrus Two Questions

Chapter 2 The Hyksos

Who Were the Hyksos? The Israelites Meet the Hyksos The Upheaval in Arabia The Arabian Traditions about the Amalekite Pharaohs Hyksos in Egypt Malakhei-Roim – King-Shepherds Palestine at the Time of the Hyksos Domination The Length of the Hyksos Period The Expulsion of the Hyksos in the Egyptian and Hebrew Records The Hyksos Retreat to Idumaea The Queen Tahpenes The Location of Auaris Hyksos and Amalekite Parallels The Confusion of Hyksos and Israelites and the Beginning of Anti-Semitism World History in the Balance

Chapter 3 The Queen of Sheba

Two Suzerains From Where Did the Queen of Sheba Come? Where Did Queen Hatshepsut Go? The Way from Thebes to Jerusalem Paruah Met the Herald of the Queen Hatshepsut Led the Expedition to the Divine Land The Glorious Region of God’s Land “The Desire of the Queen of Sheba” The Ships Arrived at Thebes Terraces of Almug Trees The Temple and Its Service Copied The Origin of the Words “Pontifex” and “Punt” Make-da and Make-ra Did Hatshepsut Visit the Land of the Queen of Sheba?

Chapter 4 The Temple in Jerusalem

Thutmose III Prepares the Disintegration of the Empire of Solomon Thutmose III Invades Palestine Kadesh in Judah The Vessels and Furniture of Solomon’s Temple Zoological and Botanical Collections from Palestine Genubath, King of Edom Princess Ano “The Astounding Civilization” God’s Land and Rezenu Sosenk (Shoshenk) Summary

Chapter 5 Ras Shamra

The Timetable of Minoan and Mycenaean Culture Sepulchral Chambers Greek Elements in the Writings of Ras Shamra Hebrew Elements. Two Cities and Two Epochs Compared Bible Criticism and the Documents of Ras Shamra Troglodytes or Carians? The Carian Language Amenhotep II The Poem of Keret The End of Ugarit Retarded Echoes

Chapter 6 The El-Amarna Letters

The El-Amarna Letters and When They Were Written Jerusalem, Samaria, and Jezreel The Five Kings The Letters of Jehoshaphat’s Captains Adaia, the Deputy City-Princes Amon, the Governor of Samaria The First Siege of Samaria by the King of Damascus The Capture and Release of the King of Damascus by the King of Samaria Ships, Chieftains, or Legions? The King of Samaria Seeks an Ally against the King of Damascus Ahab or Jehoram: Two Versions of the Scriptures

Chapter 7 The El-Amarna Letters (Continued)

Famine Mesha’s Rebellion The “Great Indignation”: A Reconstruction of the Obscure and Missing Portions of the Stele of Mesha Arza, the Courtier Jerusalem in Peril The Revolt of the Sodomites The Second Siege of Samaria Naaman Sar of Syria The Letters of the “Great Woman of Shunem” The King of Damascus Conspires against the Life of the King of Samaria The King of Damascus Is Killed While Lying Ill Hazael, “the Dog,” Burns the Strongholds of Israel The Last Letters of Ahab

Chapter 8 The El-Amarna Letters (Concluded)

Iarimuta Samaria (Sumur) under the Oligarchs The “King’s City,” Sumur Shalmaneser III Expels King Nikmed Shalmaneser III Is Opposed by a Syrian Coalition under Biridri (Biridia), the Commandant of Megiddo Shalmaneser III Invades Amuru Land and Is Opposed by the King of Damascus The Phoenicians Leave for a New Home Who Is the Dreaded “King of Hatti“ of the El-Amarna Correspondence? Idioms of the El-Amarna Letters The Age of Ivory Conclusions A Halfway Mark

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