Excerpts from published reviews
Insightful and valuable. —KMT Magazine
(Full review from KMT)
Mr. Greenberg seems to delight in a game of scholarly
‘gotcha’. — N.Y. Times
A must read for those interested in biblical scholarship. —The
Tennessee Tribune
An ingenious comparison of Biblical and Egyptian history. —
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Guaranteed to raise hackles and lively debate . . . Sure to provoke
challenge. —Denver Post
This is an intriguing and controversial book, bound to add fuel to
the still smoldering debate between Afrocentrists and classicists
over Africa’s role in the evolution of Western culture and
civilization. —MultiCultural Review
It’s a “hot’ subject and Greenberg’s publisher
hopes this work will appeal to students of (and opponents to)
Afrocentrism. — Booklist
Greenberg claims that the Genesis stories of the patriarchs are
modified Egyptian myths altered by Moses, a member of the Egyptian
royal line who was forced to flee the land after losing a power
struggle with Ramesses I. —The New York Jewish Week
Bold! Courageous! Potentially a paradigm shift in biblical
scholarship. —Professor Edgar A. Gregersen, Professor of
Anthropology, Queens College and Graduate Center, City University of
New York
Greenberg offers some engaging new insights into the age-old problem
of the Moses story. This volume should be of interest to all those
curious about the intimate links between ancient Egypt and Israel. —Robert
R. Stieglitz, Associate Professor, Ancient Mediterranean
Civilizations, Rutgers University
Even if one doesn’t accept Greenberg’s historical
reconstruction, he unquestionably succeeds in bringing to one’s
attention the largely neglected resonance of ancient Egyptian mythic
archetypes in biblical narrative. —Prof. Murray H.
Lichtenstein, Dept. of Classical and Oriental Studies, Hunter
College, CUNY
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