![]() ![]() However, it is now generally agreed that the messianic texts referred to were composed during the Middle Kingdom and therefore the political motivations of their authors must be considered. In 1971, Posner commented that the First Intermediate Period “brings misery, insecurity, and restlessness” and proposed that “Messianic literature came into being in the First Intermediate Period when men had need of hope”. Manley suggests the First Intermediate Period should instead be referred to as the “Era of the Regions” and Kemp characterises it as a “loss of equilibrium between a powerful court and provincial aspirations”. However, this has begun to change in recent times. The First Intermediate Period was popularly described by historians as a “dark age”. ![]()
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