Qur'an is more accurate than the Bible

King & Pharaoh:The Bible uses the term 'Pharaoh' to describe soverigns of Egypt during Abraham, Moses, and Joseph's time(pbu them):(I will be using the NASB for the verses)Abraham:In Genesis 12:17 the soverign of Egypt during Abraham's time is called Pharaoh "17 But the Lord struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. " (It is also mentioned in verse 18 & 20, chapter 12) Joseph:Genesis 41:14 "14 Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon; and when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came to Pharaoh. "Clearly he is called Pharaoh. Moses:Exodus 2:15 "15 When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well. "Joseph(Qur'an):Whilst the Qur'an calls the soverign at the time of Joseph(pbuh) 'King' not 'Pharaoh': "The king (of Egypt) said: "I do see (in a vision) seven fat cows, whom seven lean ones devour, and seven green ears of corn, and seven (others) withered. O ye chiefs! expound to me my vision, if it be that ye can interpret visions. " [Qur'an 12:43] "They said: "We miss the great beaker of the king; for him who produces it, is (the reward of) a camel-load; I will be bound by it. " [Qur'an 12:72] Further examples of the usage of the word "King" during the time of Joseph can be found 12:43, 12:50, 12:54, 12:72, 12:76 . Moses(Qur'an):"Then after them sent We Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and his chiefs with Our Signs. But they were arrogant: they were a people in sin. " [Qur'an 10:75] "Moses said: "O Pharaoh! I am a messenger from the Lord of the Worlds. " [Qur'an 7:104] Now I will go to my main point let us see the timeline of ancient egypt: In this section I will attempt to establish the Patriarchal age for Abraham, Joseph and Moses based on the theories of Jewish and Christians authorities and recent archaeological discoveries. The stories of the Patriarchs are largely to be found in the first two books of the Bible: Genesis and Exodus. These works contain a mixture of historical detail, later interpretations and legends. William Neil's One Volume Bible Commentary states:"For we are faced in the book of Exodus, as in the book of Genesis, not with a factual historical record but with a narrative which is so entirely composed of a mixture of historical events, theological interpretation of these events and the legendary accretions that naturally accumulate around any dramatic occurrence, particularly one of such momentous significance (i. e. , the Exodus), that it is no longer possible for us to disentangle them. "[1] When did Abraham enter Egypt? "To place Abraham at the beginning of the 2d millennium B. C. is, therefore, sustainable. "[2] According to the Dictionary Of Proper Names And Places In The Bible, under "Abraham", we read: "History of Abraham (ca. 1850 BC). .. "[3] We understand that Abraham lived 2000-1700 BCE would place Abraham in a period compatible to the time between the Old Kingdom and the Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt. (Review the Picture above! )Joseph:The Hyksos belonged to a group of mixed Semitic-Asiatics who infiltrated Egypt during the Middle Kingdom and became rulers of Lower Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period (c. 1674-1553 BCE). The view best supported by evidence and that of the majority of scholars appears to be that Joseph entered Egypt during the time of the Hyksos. The Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary explains that Joseph's rise to an important position could only have occurred under Hyksos rule: ". .. Egypt's stability was weakening and that the second intermediate period of weakness (1750-1570 B. C. ) was about to begin. During this time of weakness, many non-Egyptians entered the country. A group called the Hyksos ("ruler from a foreign land") took control of the nation. Joseph's rise to an important position in the house of Potiphar (Genesis 39) and his appointment to the task of collecting grain during the years of plenty (Genesis 41) were possible because other foreigners had significant places in the Hyksos government. "[4] Similarly, The Lion Handbook To The Bible observes that:The pharaohs of. .. Joseph's time probably belonged to the 13th/15th dynasties. .. (Middle Kingdom and after), when many foreigners found employment in Egypt at various levels, from slaves to high stewards (like Joseph under Potiphar, Genesis 39:1-4). [5] Likewise, The Jewish Encyclopedia states that:Those who regard the Joseph stories as historical generally hold that the Pharaoh by whom Joseph was made the practical ruler of Egypt was one of the Hyksos kings. [6]WHEN DID MOSES ENTER EGYPT? The placing of Moses in ancient Egyptian history is not as contentious as that of Abraham. Scholars have tried to find the period occupied by Moses in history and have placed him at various points within the New Kingdom, from Tuthmose II (c. 1493-1479 BCE) to Merenptah (c. 1212-1202 BCE). According to the Dictionary Of Proper Names And Places In The Bible, under "Moses":"Moses career unfolds ca. 1250, the date generally accepted for the Exodus. "[7] Similarly, the Encyclopaedia Judaica describes Moses as a:". .. leader, prophet, and lawgiver (first half of the 13th century BCE). "[8] This date is also endorsed by The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia which says:"The period during which Moses apparently lived was the third or fourth quarter of the 13th cent. BCE; accordingly, Ramses II or Merneptah was the Pharaoh of the Exodus. "[9] What do modern linguistic studies and Egyptology reveal about the word "Pharaoh" and its use in ancient Egypt? The best place to start the investigation is to look into the material which deals with ancient Egyptian civilization. Let us begin by looking at the entry "per-aa" or "Pharaoh" in Wörterbuch Der Aegyptischen Sprache, the most authoritative dictionary of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Figure 1: Entry in "Wörterbuch Der Aegyptischen Sprache" showing the hieroglyph for "per-aa" or "Pharaoh". [10]There are three distinct entries mentioned in Wörterbuch Der Aegyptischen Sprache for the word "per-aa":"The large house" as designation of the king's palace in the Old Kingdom Period. "The palace" = residence of the king and other inhabitants. As a designation of the king. Since the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom Period, the Egyptian word for "king". Figure 2: Hieroglyph entry for "per-aa". [11] Here the usage in the New Kingdom and Old Kingdom Periods for the word "per-aa" are underlined in red. In the New Kingdom Period, the word "per-aa" referred to Pharaoh, any Pharaoh, i. e. , the king of Egypt. But in the Old Kingdom Period, the word meant "King's palace", "the great house", or denoted the large house of the king. Not surprisingly Lexikon Der Ägyptologie - an encyclopedia of Egyptology - under the entry "Pharao" says that this word was used to denote the person of the king from the New Kingdom Period onwards. [12]The famous English egyptologist Sir Alan Gardiner discusses the term Pharaoh and cites the earliest example of its application to the king, during the reign of Amenophis IV (fl. c.1352 - 1338 BCE) as recorded in the Kahun Papyrus. Regarding the term Pharaoh, Gardiner says: Gardiner also cites two possible earlier examples under Tuthmosis III (fl. c.1479 - 1425 BC) and Thumosis IV (fl. c.1401 - 1390 BC) (as mentioned in his footnote 10 above), while Hayes has published an ostracon from the joint reign of Hatshepsut (c.1478-1458 BC) and Tuthmosis III (c.1479-1425 BC) that twice refers to the latter simply as "Pharaoh". In the book Egyptian Hieroglyphs, published by the British Museum, we find a decent introduction to the hieroglyphic characters that represent the words "King" and "Pharaoh". Once again we discover that the title Pharaoh was used to designate the king from the New Kingdom Period onward: Similarly, under the entry "Pharaoh", the British Museum Dictionary Of Ancient Egypt confirms that it was first used to refer to the king in the New Kingdom Period. Pharaoh: Term used regularly by modern writers to refer to the Egyptian king. The word is the Greek form of the ancient Egyptian phrase per-aa ('the great house') which was originally used to refer to the royal palace rather than the king. The 'great house' was responsible for taxation of the lesser 'houses' (perw), such as the temple lands and private estates. From the New Kingdom (1550-1069 BC) onwards, the term was used to refer to the king himself. [13] CONCLUSION, CITATIONS AND SOURCES WILL BE POSTED IN THE COMMENTS, I do not have enough space!