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was, refuted
'Answering Islam' alleges that the Quran has made a mistake by calling the friend of
Pharoah (spelling) *Haman* while Haman was the name of another person who lived many
centuries after the advent of Moses and Pharoah (spelling).
The verse of the Holy Quran:
"And to establish them in the earth, and to show Pharaoh and Haman and their hosts that which
they feared from them" (Chapter 28 verse 7)
Exploitation and tyranny produce their own nemisis (spelling) and the exploiters and the
opressors never feel secure from the standard of revolt being raised agaisnt(spelling, Oh I give
up!) them by those whom they exploit, supress and oppress. The greater the opression of the
tyrant, the greater his fear of revolt by the tyrannized. Pharaoh, too, was seized with this fear
and, therefore, he employed all means and machinations to keep the Isrealites under permanent
subjection. But the time had come that he should be punished and those held in bondage should
be emancipated.
Perhaps, but this has nothing to do with the existence of an Egyptian Haman.
Haman as the tilte of the High Preist of the God of Amon, ham in the egyptian meaning high
preist , and Amon was the God who dominated all other Egyptian gods.
References please! There has been great interest in the United States in recent years concerning
African history in general and Egyptian history in particular, and there are on line dictionaries
of ancient Egyptian names, *, * , * and Haman IS NOT present in any of them! The name
Haman is a Hebrew word of foreign derivation (most likely from Avestan/Old Persian) which
means "magnificent". The Hebrew meaning, however, is noise or tumult.
"Haman was the director of the double treasury and granary and director of the soilders and all
the craftsmen of Thebes. His name was *Nebunef* and he was high preist under Ramesus II
and his son Merneptah. Being the head of the extremely rich sacerdotal orginization embracing
all preisthoods of the country his power and prestige had increased so much that he controlled a
most influential political faction and even kept his own private army" (A story of Egypt by
James Henry Breasted,Ph.D)
All right, we now have a reference. Unfortunately, a book by this title DOES NOT exist!
Haman is also said to be the name of a minister of Ahaserus, a king of Persia who loved many
ages after Moses. There is nothing strange or objectionable in two persons living in two diffrent
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