What Do History and Archaeology Really say about the origins of ancient Israel? Although the bible says that Israel's formative history took place in ancient Egypt, biblical scholars and Egyptologists have steadfastly refused to explore the role of Egyptian history and literature on the origins of Jewish religion. The Moses Mystery attempts to set the record straight. Based on extensive research into biblical and Egyptian history, archaeology, literature and mythology Greenberg argues that the first Israelites were Egyptians, followers of the monotheistic teachings of Pharaoh Akhenaten. Some of the many intriguing revelations in The Moses Mystery include: -Ancient Egyptian records specifically identify Moses as Akhenaten's chief priest and describe the Exodus as the result of a civil war for control over the Egyptian throne - Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were characters from Egyptian mythology - The Twelve Tribes of Israel never existed A must read for those interested in biblical scholarship. -- The Tennessee Tribune An ingenious comparison of Biblical and Egyptian history. -- 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 Insightful and valuable. -- KMT Magazine 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 The Moses Mystery: The Egyptian Origins of the Jewish People is a reprint of a book previously published under two slightly different titles. The earlier titles were The Moses Mystery: The African Origins of the Jewish People and The Bible Myth: The African Origins of the Jewish People Gary Greenberg is the author of several books, including 101 Myths of the Bible and The Judas Brief: Who really killed Jesus? . His popular and controversial writings have been translated into many language. He is President of the Biblical Archaeology Society of New York and has served as a consultant to National Geographic Television's Science of the Bible series.