Thus the propounders of the new doctrines [of Aton worship]
must have dreamt of an Egypto-Syrian empire
bound together by the ties of a common religion.
With one god understood and worshipped
from the cataracts of the Nile to the distant Euphrates,
what power could destroy the empire?— The Life and Times of Akhnaton
historically, 430-year period, from the entry of "Israel" into Egypt until the Exodus. Both of these periods involve points at which Hebrew history intersects that of the Egyptians
Exodus occurred in 1185 BC by the accepted chronology. Driving our chronological chariot back another 215 years (half of 430) into the past takes us to the year 1400 BC, which is extraordinary in that it brings us face to face with The Hebrew Pharaohs of Egypt
Joseph became vizier under Thutmosis IV, sometimes known as the Dreamer, and his daughter married the next king, Amenhotep III, and became his queen. Akhenaton (Akhnaton), the great monotheist
the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom
Joseph was sold by his brothers. Slaves only began to appear in the 18th Dynasty, and the practice lasted through the 22nd. Otherwise, only various forms of "bondage" existed
Joseph's position "over all the land of Egypt," i.e., over misrim, the "two Egypts," Upper and Lower, with a period in Egyptian history when north and south were united, again ruling out the earlier Hyksos period. It has been pointed out by some that Yuya never actually held the position of governor of Egypt as described in the bible and use this argument to try to disprove his identity with Joseph.
Yuya was Joseph
"So now it was not you who sent me hither, but God; and He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house ...." Further, the term "bow the knee" (abrech) points to the New Kingdom. And then there is the matter of Joseph's name itself, both its Egyptian form and the apparently compound Hebrew form.
Joseph or Yuya, his father is supposedly known, and his name is supposed to have been Yey. The Hebrew Pharaohs of Egypt, "...it is also thought that the name of Joseph's father was at one time Y/ and was expanded later, sometimes to Jacob, sometimes to Israel (Yisra-el)." But what those advocates of the theory that Yuya's father was Yey, who bring it forth
Jacob/Yaqaru to have had twelve sons by four different women, but are we justified in distinguishing this tale of tribal origins from other apparently legendary material found in the bible? And is it even possible to take seriously the notion that the son of a nearby king could be sold into slavery in another kingdom without someone noticing and bringing the matter to the attention of the authorities? Furthermore, another anomaly presents itself in the fact that among all the twelve tribes, only Joseph's is named after his son, whereas the others are named after his brothers
Joseph's Egyptian descendants from the biblical record, including the great monotheist and pacifist, Akhnaton (Amenhotep IV), who allowed the Habiru to overrun Egyptian holdings in Canaan. We must begin to suspect that the eleven "sons" beside Joseph were actually governors of outlying towns of the Ugaritic kingdom, whether children of his or not, and that Joseph's presence in Egypt was planned in advance, as the presence of Jacob's father Isaac
Potiphar, the captain of the guard to whom Joseph was supposedly sold by the Ishmaelites, and Potiphera, the father of his wife Asenath and a priest of On, the same city where Isaac was a priest and where Abraham supposedly allowed his wife to marry the king of Egypt. The implication is that these are two refractions of the same story and that Joseph was not enslaved so much as apprenticed at the age of eight to the priests at Heliopolis.
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