True - we know Christians believe Moses wrote the first 5 books of the Bible. Since he received his education in Egypt this makes sense. I have always questioned the fact that God wrote the commandments- Moses spent 40 days on the mountain- thatβs when he inscribed the tablets himself. Surely God the all powerful would not take 40 days to do that?
lol - I never thought of that, guess I didnβt question that part enough lol- so even that part of the story isnβt true either. Thank you for reminding me and debunking that statement. π
I have long been interested in the parallels between the Old Testament and Hittite/Akkadian stories.
And how we in the UK crown our kings and queens including with the anthem Zadok the Priest ... The whole ceremony reeks with echoes of how Hittite/Akkadian kings were made. Only the sex with the temple priestess is absent π
Okay. So who started all this? Hebrew took from Egypt. Egypt borrowed from Mesopotamia. Where/when did Mesopotamia get their stuff? As an afterthought, where did the New Testament folks get their version(s)?? It would be nice if we could puncture the fundamentalist Christian view of the world.
Devil's Advocate: What if the Egyptians and Hebrew scholars wrote about the exact same events, just separated by time and language, using different names for the same people? They both wrote about a great flood, not because one copied from the other, but because they were both writing about the same event, thus corroborating one another's stories? π π
Multiple flood myths exist because localized flooding happens everywhere - not because one cosmic deluge occurred. The Mesopotamian mabΓ»l (ΧΧΧΧ) and Egyptian inundation narratives describe regional disasters, not synchronized global events. Shared archetypes donβt equal shared history, dingus ;) smooch
True - we know Christians believe Moses wrote the first 5 books of the Bible. Since he received his education in Egypt this makes sense. I have always questioned the fact that God wrote the commandments- Moses spent 40 days on the mountain- thatβs when he inscribed the tablets himself. Surely God the all powerful would not take 40 days to do that?
We shouldβve studied ancient cultures more.
Moses writing Exodus about his own death is interesting....how exactly did he do that?
lol - I never thought of that, guess I didnβt question that part enough lol- so even that part of the story isnβt true either. Thank you for reminding me and debunking that statement. π
I have long been interested in the parallels between the Old Testament and Hittite/Akkadian stories.
And how we in the UK crown our kings and queens including with the anthem Zadok the Priest ... The whole ceremony reeks with echoes of how Hittite/Akkadian kings were made. Only the sex with the temple priestess is absent π
Okay. So who started all this? Hebrew took from Egypt. Egypt borrowed from Mesopotamia. Where/when did Mesopotamia get their stuff? As an afterthought, where did the New Testament folks get their version(s)?? It would be nice if we could puncture the fundamentalist Christian view of the world.
Impressive research and synthesis in an accessible style π.
I love this series of informative articles⦠it reveals a side of Christianity that I was never aware of.
And Hebrew.
Devil's Advocate: What if the Egyptians and Hebrew scholars wrote about the exact same events, just separated by time and language, using different names for the same people? They both wrote about a great flood, not because one copied from the other, but because they were both writing about the same event, thus corroborating one another's stories? π π
Multiple flood myths exist because localized flooding happens everywhere - not because one cosmic deluge occurred. The Mesopotamian mabΓ»l (ΧΧΧΧ) and Egyptian inundation narratives describe regional disasters, not synchronized global events. Shared archetypes donβt equal shared history, dingus ;) smooch
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Iβd love to see the answer to thisβyour question didnβt even occur to me to ask!
Absolutely brilliant, and - somewhat embarrassing: Something completely new to me!
Thank you