A LIGHT SHINING
IN THE DARKNESS
Where It Ebbs & FLO 2/20-FO
MOSES' ETHIOPIAN WIFE
UPDATED AUG. 8, 2026 11:51 A.M.
But She Is NOT Also A Midianitess,
Or An Ethiopian Named Tharbis!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FICTITIOUS Truths
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ADAPTING The Babylon Problem
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DIFFERENT Kings | SAME Theophoric
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AHMOSE Nefertari
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NO ACTUAL Images Of A Midianite
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ATTEMPT To RE-Define "The Ethiopian"
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BIBLICAL Jews NOT Original Authors Of The Mosaic Narrative
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JADEISTS DON'T Compromise Their Intellectual Integrity!
FICTITIOUS TRUTHS
“Fictitious Truths” is the term I use for truths I encounter in works of fiction. In a Frank Herbert Dune novel I was engrossed by one called The Babylon Problem: The omnipresent dangers of achieving wrong combinations from accurate information.
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ADAPTING
- The BABYLON PROBLEM -
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Frank Herbert included no clear examples of the Babylon Problem, and I couldn’t think of a scenario in which one could be envisioned. Until I was faced with the enigma of Moses’ Ethiopian wife. From Exodus 2:21-22 & Numbers 12:1 we arrive at a combination of conclusions: (1) The Midianite is also an Ethiopian, or (2) Moses married two different women. However, in drawing these conclusions we also presume that it’s the same Moses. That combination is wrong! The conundrum of Moses' wife can only be solved by first disambiguating the correlation between Midianite & Ethiopian. But how does one do that and find the correct solution to the Babylon Problem? By interpreting the “accurate” info from a combination of perspectives. For example:
A Moses married a Midianite + A Moses married an Ethiopian = 2 Moseses. One who married a Midianite, and another who married an Ethiopian.
Though the perspective of the info has been changed, the integrity of its accuracy has been preserved.
But can it be proved? Yes! I was even able to apply it to my Theophoric Theory.
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THEOPHORICS
A THEOPHORIC is a name or title that includes the name of a particular deity. The first king & queen of Egypt's 18th dynasty, Ahmose I & his sister Ahmose Nefertari, both possess such a name --- Ah. Or, as it is more commonly spelled, Iah.
DIFFERENT KINGS
- Same Theophoric -
​1 Ah-MOSE(S) I married an Ethiopian + 1 Thut-MOSE(S) IV married a Midianite*, which is a Demotic [MiD-AN-i] metathesis [MiD-i-AN] of Egyptian MeT-AN-i [(i.e., Mitanni. PROVING Midian Is Mitanni). It was the marriage of this princess to Thutmose IV that sealed the peace treaty between Egypt and Mitanni c. 1397-1388 BC]. Except for her title, 'The Noble Lady of Naharin' (T Spst Nhrn), no one is yet certain of the name of the Mitanni Princess, though her Biblical name Zipporah seems to give an alternate rendering of the Mitanni title: Zp pr ah ("Noble [one from the] house [of] Iah" (Per Ah), or "[of the] Great House" (Per Aa)? THARBIS, though, was a fiction perpetuated by Josephus. On the other hand, there's absolutely no doubt about the identity of Moses' historical Ethiopian wife: Ahmose Nefertari. Were Aaron & Miriam historical people, and did they really express animosity toward her?
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AHMOSE NEFERTARI
Sister-Wife Of King Ahmose I
DEMOTIC
Demotic was used during the Ptolemaic Rule of Egypt, when the LXX was written. 'S' was also transliterated as 'Z' [E.g., Zion (2 Sam. 5:7), and Sion (Deut. 4:48)]. What I just demonstrated is simply a heuristic application of my THEOPHORIC THEORY.
NO ACTUAL IMAGES
Of A Midianite
​To my knowledge, no ancient artifacts depicting images of Mitanni or Midianite princesses have yet been conclusively identified by Egyptian archaeologists --- that the public has been made aware of. And it would be completely futile to seek for any in ancient Jewish imagery, since historically verified depictions of the Biblical Israelites themselves cannot be found! I can, however, present you with an image of a male Naharina (the Egyptian word for a person associated with the land of Mitanni), and by process of elimination, present the only logical choice for the Egyptian name and image of the Midianitess. Thutmose IV had 3 wives: Iaret, Nefertari, and Mutemwiya. Iaret was his sister, so we can rule her out. My money is on Mutemwiya. What's more, by realizing that Midian is actually a variant of Mitanni, we expose the historical fabrication that claims Midian to be the son of Abraham and the fictitious Keturah.
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Also, do not fail to note that 2 kings bearing the same theophoric also have wives who have the same name --- Nefertari. This fact will be useful in dispelling most of the confusion stemming from the cross-contamination of intersecting narratives.
ATTEMPT TO RE-DEFINE
"The Ethiopian"
But why interpolate such falsehood? [Author's opinion: Apparently, to provide an alternate definition of Ethiopian. A Semitic one, to distinguish it from the historical Ethiopians with Black roots in Africa! Yet, once again, the redactors are betrayed by their ignorance of the Egyptian language and the ancient Egyptian word for Ethiopian --- Nehes and Nhsyw . And didn't realize, until it was too late, that Phinehas** meant The "Black" / "Nubian" / "CUSHITE" / "Ethiopian". This also highlights one of those instances in which an Egyptian word/name is transcribed directly into the Biblical text! But the redactors gave it a new definition : "mouth of brass" or "mouth of a serpent". They might as well have said "serpent of the brass mouth"].
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** "Phinehas, the son of Eleazor, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel ...." (Numbers 25:11); "And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood...." (Numbers 25:13).
BIBLICAL JEWS NOT ORIGINAL
Authors Of The
MOSAIC NARRATIVE!
So, again, we are provided proof that the so-called Biblical Jews were not the original authors of the Bible, particularly the Table Of Nations in the Book Of Genesis. For of the triplets sired by the fictitious Noah, we deduce from the verified meanings of Cush & Mizraim that Ham had to be Black. Why would anyone of such lighter hue intentionally ensnare his or herself in a literary quandary from which there is no logical or rhetorical extrication? The answer is obvious: they hadn't the slightest clue! Because, if they did, they would've made sure to keep a Black High Priest on hand --- just in case. It is due time that Bible readers see it for what it really is.
JADEISTS DON'T COMPROMISE
Their Intellectual Integrity
As for the Jadeists, we will not, of our own free will and clear conscience, conform to any system, nor commit to any faith or doctrine, that requires us to compromise our intellectual integrity for the sake of soliciting authoritative approval or some vain notion of Divine Salvation. No, we will not knowingly strive to exist in a false reality, nor fake sense just to make sense out of non-sense!
For those reading me for the first time, I redirect you to SQUARING THE LIGHT