Even if moses is accepted as a historical figure , various aspects of the biblical tale can be re - interpreted . manetho ' s claim that moses was an egyptian is quite plausible 即使摩西是被承认为一个历史人物， 《圣经》传说的各个不同方面可被重新解释。曼涅托声称摩西是一位埃及人的观点是相当似是而非的。
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In the 3rd century bc , manetho , a hellenistic egyptian chronicler and priest , alleged that moses was not a jew , but an egyptian renegade priest , called osarseph , and portrayed the exodus as the expulsion of a leper colony 公元前三世纪，希腊化的埃及年代记编者和祭司曼内托，声称摩西不是一个犹太人，而是一位背叛埃及的祭司，称为奥萨瑟夫，被当作一批被逐出的受蔑视侨民而描写在《出埃及记》上。
