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2. A unique lunar based calendar               I found your explanation for the identity of the true
                       3. 12 Proofs that Yashua did not pre-exist.    Pharaoh of the Bible very interesting and convincing,
                                                                      but there's just a few facts I can't see very clearly in the
                       A copy of the 'Muhammad, Islam and Terrorism" article  study.....
                       will be appreciated as well. Would you know a transla-
                       tion in English of 'the Koran' or rather the best transla-  "The inscription at el-Arish says the name of the Phar-
                       tion you know? Please mention author and Publisher as  aoh who perished in the Whirlpool was Thom or Toum.
                       well as price.                                 Pi-Thom means 'the abode of Thom.' Pithom was one of
                                                                      the names of the two cities built by the Israelite slaves
                       Finally enclosed please find an article by my own hand  for the Pharaoh of the Oppression."
                       which may prove that Jonathan David Brown may have
                       erred after all. You are free to print in your magazine un-  If Pithom was built for the Pharoah of the Oppression
                       der my name and address.                       then how could he have been the one who drowned in
                                                                      the whirlpool? Wasn't there 2 Pharoah's? One of the Op-
                       Thank you very much for being of service to me.  pression and one of the Exodus? I doubt Thom could
                                                                      have lived from the time of Moses' birth to the time of
                                                                      the Exodus (some 80 or so years later). And if he had
                       Your sincerely,                                been that old don't you think there would have been
                       J.K.P.                                         more written of him? That's a very long and significant
                       Spain
                                                                      rule.
                       PS. My best regards to Ernest L. Martin who may re-  So if Thom, Thoum, or Tutimaeus was the last king of
                       member me and should know by now that I was right  the Middle Kingdom just before the fall to the Hyksos
                       about Jim Rector after all.
                                                                      then how could he also be the Pharaoh of the Oppres-
                                                                      sion? I don't know if this was a mistake in your explana-
                       COMMENT: Thank you for all of your letters. Please  tion or a misinterpretation on my part, but could you
                       don't think I'm ignoring you because I haven't replied.  please respond to my letter with all necessary informa-
                       What with publishing The Berean Voice and research-  tion to clear up any doubt? I just fail to see the possibil-
                       ing and maintaining the website and, on top of all this,  ity of one Pharaoh being the same Pharaoh of the
                       working a 50-60 hour a week regular job, I have little  Oppression and also of the Exodus. Could the Israelites
                       time for the luxuries of personally answering letters or  possibly have built Pithom for the Pharaoh of the Exo-
                       spending the time I should with my family. I hope you  dus instead of the Pharaoh of the Oppression? I just
                       understand. Regarding the  Koran, there are literally  really want to get all these questions cleared up in my
                       dozens available from Amazon.Com -- ranging in price  head.
                       from US$6.00 to 30.00. If you have access to the Internet
                       you might check them out (www.amazon.com). I am not  Thank you for your time, Lord of Zeus.
                       familiar enough with all the translations to be able to
                       recommend any particular one.
                                                                      COMMENT: There were, in fact, several dynasties of
                                                                      pharaohs ruling  at the same time during the Middle
                                            ***                       Kingdom. While Manetho placed the 13th Dynasty as
                                                                      following the 12th. it, in fact, was contemporary with the
                       Gentlemen/Ladies:                              12th and the 14th. The Biblical Pharaoh of the Oppres-
                                                                      sion died while Moses was in Midian, but there were
                       Shalom! May Almighty Yehovah bless and prosper and  other Pharaohs  ruling different  parts of Egypt at the
                       multiply  your efforts. Enclosed please find an institu-  same time.  Unfortunately the Bible doesn't differentiate
                       tional check in the amount of...Thank you for all of your  between them. Thoum was of the 13th Dynasty.  It
                       literature and help.                           would take a whole article to explain the parallel
                                                                      dynasties and how they interfaced. A future article,
                       Sincerely,                                     maybe?
                       A.C.
                       Indiana

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