A thorough and extensive revaluation of early Christian history is called for. The task is not limited to fresh reading of the known sources and a close security of the new texts, such as the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Gnostic library of Mag Hammadi, in order to redefine their appropriate place within the conventional picture of early Christian history. Rather, it is the conventional picture itself that is called into question.
This book demonstrates that the prophetic books of the Bible's Old Testament and their accounts of the exploits and achievements of Abraham, Isaac and his son Joseph (who became chief minister to Pharaoh) are essentially Egyptian in origin. Further, by comparing the hazy chronology of the Old Testament and its factual content with the ancient Egyptian written records, that the major Old Testament figures - Solomon, David, Moses and Joshua - are based on Egyptian historical originals.
Ahmed Osman shows how Egyptian, Biblical and Rabbinical sources, coupled with recent archaeological discoveries, prove that the roots of Christian belief spring not from Judaea but from Egypt.
