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The Hyksos: A New Investigation is a book by John Van Seters published in 1966 by Yale University Press.

The main contribution of this volume is a careful linguistic analysis by Van Seters in which he demonstrates that the Ipuwer Papyrus does not belong to the First Intermediate Period of Egyptian History (c. 2300-2200 BCE), as previously thought, but rather to the Second Intermediate Period (c. 1700-1600 BCE). Given a revised chronology, such as that suggested by David Rohle, this could lend support to the theory (presented by other scholars, though not discussed by Van Seters) that the Ipuwer Document, which contains such statements as "The River is blood", describes conditions in Egypt at the time of the Biblical Exodus.

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+'''The Hyksos: A New Investigation''' is a book by [[John Van Seters]] published in 1966 by [[Yale University Press]].
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-'''The Hyksos: A New Investigation''' is a book by [[John Van Seters]] published in 1966 by [[Yale University Press]]. The main contribution of this landmark volume is a careful [[linguistics|linguistic]] analysis by Van Seters in which he demonstrates that the [[Ipuwer Papyrus]] does not belong to the First Intermediate Period of [[Egyptian History]] (c. 2300-2200 BCE), as previously thought, but rather to the Second Intermediate Period (c. 1700-1600 BCE). Given a revised chronology (such as that suggested by [[David Rohle]]), this could lend support to the theory (presented by other scholars, though not discussed by Van Seters) that the Ipuwer Document (which contains such statements as "The River is blood") describes conditions in Egypt at the time of the Biblical [[Exodus]].
+The main contribution of this volume is a careful [[linguistics|linguistic]] analysis by Van Seters in which he demonstrates that the [[Ipuwer Papyrus]] does not belong to the First Intermediate Period of [[Egyptian History]] (c. 2300-2200 BCE), as previously thought, but rather to the Second Intermediate Period (c. 1700-1600 BCE). Given a revised chronology, such as that suggested by [[David Rohle]], this could lend support to the theory (presented by other scholars, though not discussed by Van Seters) that the Ipuwer Document, which contains such statements as "The River is blood", describes conditions in Egypt at the time of the Biblical [[Exodus]].
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