Quote:I thought there were remnants of the Hyksos, which may have been proto-Jews (more than the Jews may have been an offshoot of that civilization), living in Lower Egypt by the Nile at that time.
The Hyksos were Canaanites. There is no obvious connection to them and the later "jews". Besides, the Hyksos were rulers not slaves.
Curiously, the were thrown out by a ruler named Ahmose I. Ahmose? Moses? Interesting.
Except Ahmose means Son of Ah while "moses" by itself would mean son of no one. Not a very princely name, eh?
Quote:There were Greeks in Judea, I said, not Egypt
Well, then you lost me on the Akenaten thing, too. One has nothing to do with the other.
As for any Greek presence in Judaea, I have to ask when? Greeks and Persia were officially at war from 500 BC until Alexander overran Persia c 332 BC. Persia had solid control of Yehud ( which is what they called Judaea ) until Alex came rolling through. Any sizeable community of Greeks had either be mercenaries in the employ of the Persians or they would have been enemies. After Alexander, of course, the Greeks do move in.
