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>[Correction: in a previous post, I stated a theory of an Egyptian origin of
>Judaism and its child religions. But I forgot about Abraham's home country
>being Ur, Lower Mesopotamia...]

Just a few thoughts...

The statement in the Hebrew Scriptures that Abraham came from Ur does not
necessarily mean that his ancestors were all from Ur... some could have come
from Egypt, or anyplace for that matter.

There is a fringe theory that Moses was Akhenaton, the fanatically
monotheistic Pharaoh... in any case, there is every reason to at least
suspect an Egyptian influence on the Israelites, considering that they
supposedly were in Egypt for four centuries. The origins of Abraham are not
necessarily as relevant as the later history of his descendants. And at the
same time, Mesopotamia and Egypt were close to each other, and certainly
interacted with and influenced each other.

~Mark DeFillo

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