TY - GEN
T1 - Hatshepsut's appointment as crown prince and the Egyptian background to Isaiah 9:5
AU - Ockinga, Boyo
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - A possible Egyptian background to Isaiah 9:5 is reviewed in the light of a text
from Deir el-Bahari in which Thutmose I announces to his courtiers and to the
people that Hatshepsut will be his heir. Only four of Hatshepsut’s names are proclaimed, since she already bore the fifth name, her nomen Hatshepsut, given to her
at birth. The text does not link her nomen with the Son of Re title, since only the
reigning king could be defined as Re’s son. This assessment of the Hatshepsut text
also supports the interpretation that the Isaiah text, which has the same sequence
of events, refers to the proclamation of a crown prince rather than to an accession
to the throne. It is further argued that the understanding of the nature of the Egyptian king’s relationship to the deity in the New Kingdom would not have precluded
it from serving as a model for Israelite kingship.
AB - A possible Egyptian background to Isaiah 9:5 is reviewed in the light of a text
from Deir el-Bahari in which Thutmose I announces to his courtiers and to the
people that Hatshepsut will be his heir. Only four of Hatshepsut’s names are proclaimed, since she already bore the fifth name, her nomen Hatshepsut, given to her
at birth. The text does not link her nomen with the Son of Re title, since only the
reigning king could be defined as Re’s son. This assessment of the Hatshepsut text
also supports the interpretation that the Isaiah text, which has the same sequence
of events, refers to the proclamation of a crown prince rather than to an accession
to the throne. It is further argued that the understanding of the nature of the Egyptian king’s relationship to the deity in the New Kingdom would not have precluded
it from serving as a model for Israelite kingship.
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M3 - Conference proceeding contribution
SN - 9789004194939
T3 - Culture and History of the Ancient Near East
SP - 252
EP - 267
BT - Egypt, Canaan and Israel
A2 - Bar, S.
A2 - Kahn, D.
A2 - Shirley, J. J.
PB - Brill
CY - Leiden
T2 - Conference at the University of Haifa
Y2 - 3 May 2009 through 7 May 2009
ER -