Biblical Criticism & History Forum - earlywritings.com

forwarded [from thetorah.com, which includes many articles]:

The Egyptian “Magicians”
Is the Bible’s portrayal of the magicians (Ḥarṭummīm) in accord with Egyptian literature and ritual practice? How did the Israelite writers obtain this knowledge?

Prof. Scott B. Noegel
https://www.thetorah.com/article/the-egyptian-magicians

It's rather more complicated, however, if we admit there were different classes of "magicians" and that they were perhaps Chaldaeans in Egypt:
Chartumim

"... Jonah got lost in the Belly of the Whale and Daniel ..."