Ancient Egypt is the birthplace of the Book of Genesis
Arkhipov S.V. 50 Tables of Evidence for the Composition of Genesis in Late Second Intermediate Period Egypt: The Protograph Before the Oral Tradition. Joensuu: Author's Edition, 2026.
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Synopsis
This
monograph presents a fundamental revision of the dating and origin of the Book
of Genesis, challenging the dominant hypothesis, which dates the text to
the mid-first millennium BCE. Through a systematic analysis presented in 50
comparative tables, the author argues that the protograph of Genesis
was a deliberate literary compilation created in Egypt during the late
Second Intermediate Period (ca. 17th–16th centuries BCE), shortly after the
Minoan eruption.
The core of the research concerns the non-oral origin
of the text. By identifying specific Egyptian linguistic features,
administrative realities, archaeological evidence, and medical data, the author
posits that the work was not a product of long-term folk tradition but rather a
high-level synthesis of Asiatic and Egyptian sources. The study further
proposes a specific form of creative collaboration within scriptoria, involving
a scribe of Near Eastern origin and an erudite Egyptian physician. By treating
the text as a final monument of the “Golden Age” of Egyptian literature, this
work offers a revised chronological framework for understanding the formation
of the Pentateuch.
Publication in the facebook 09/04/2026.