Ki volt valójában az ószövetségi Sisák fáraó?
Who was Shishak, the Egyptian King in the Old Testament?

Summary/Abstract: This article summarizes some of the wellknown archeological and historical evidence for testing new hypotheses that the tenth century BCE biblical Egyptian King Shishak is not identical to the historical Egyptian Pharaoh Shoshenq I (943–922 BC(?)). The recent views of several scholars (e.g., David Rohl (1950–) and Peter James) is contrary to the conventional Egyptian chronology and Champollion’s (1790–1832) 1828 findings. The historical accounts of Shishak in the Books of Kings and Chronicles of the Old Testament are compared to conflicting interpretations of the Shoshenq I hieroglyphics on the Bubastite Portal at the Karnak Temple of Amon-Re. After the reconsideration of these controversial sources, together with a new chronological theory, derived mostly from genealogical sources, Shoshenq I may be a later Pharaoh. According to some scholars the Hebrew Bible reference to Shishak may be one of the Ramesses Pharaohs. This newly proposed timetable shortens the timescale either of the Third Intermediate Period (TIP) or the Centuries of Darkness (CoD) period and might provide a better synchronicity between biblical and Egyptian chronology.

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