Footnote 17 – The Exodus from Egypt: Myth or Reality?

As has long been recognized, “Moses” is the short form of a name like Ramesses or Thutmosis, which mean “Ra has begotten,” “Thoth has begotten” or the like. The name means, “has begotten.” The divine name originally attached to the verb has not survived. Or is the literary implication of the name that Moses himself begat the nation, Israel?