Extract from The Gods, All of them (Religion)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 13:12 (5093 days ago) @ xeno6696

Following in this same thread, I recently stumbled across a website discussing the similarities between the biblical figure Joseph, and the Egyptian figure Imhotep. After doing a bit of fact checking, I grudgingly agree that they do share number of similarities. I thought I would present a couple of reference articles for anyone interested, as I think it directly relates to our discussion of the 'originality' of anyone story.-
Original Article-This site is heavily biased towards a Christian interpretation of the story, however, their facts about the two stories do seem in line with what I have been able to dig up so far. The brief version for those that don't want to read, is that both Joseph and Imhotep:-Were born commoners
Became second in command to the Pharoah
Had some paranormal affiliation with dreams
Led Egypt through a seven year famine
Built enormous grain stores
Are famous for being 'wise' and speaking 'proverbs'
Lived extraordinarily long lives(both reportedly over 100 years est 110)
Reputedly lived in the correct time frame
Both supposedly had a direct connection to a Deity.-Pharaoh Djoser -The wiki page for Pharoah Djoser. Apparently Imhotep served under him as the first vizier in Egyptian history.-Imhotep-The wiki article for Imhotep is pretty thin, but there is some related tidbits in this as well that help corroborate the story. -
Considering the time frame and the period of time spent in Egypt prior to the writing of the Torah, I would not be surprised if there were indeed some link between the two stories. This is not an assertion as to which is the genuine article, but simply to the link between the different histories.