RE: Moses PROVED to be a fraud, but...?
September 9, 2010 at 1:55 am
(This post was last modified: September 9, 2010 at 2:56 am by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
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Nothing has been proved,only some new educated guesses made.
One growing consensus is that the Exodus is myth and that Moses never existed. I'm unaware of any causal link between Mosaic law and the the Egyptian law of M'aat,although there may be some correlations .Egyptian ethics and moral law are not directly analogous with Judaeo-Christian mores.Their entire world views,cosmology and theology are different.
Another growing consensus is that Judaism is younger than traditionally thought. the Exodus is dated at anything from 1450B CE to1250 BCE. It's being increasingly accepted that the Torah was probably written in Babylon as late as the C8th BCE. That at least some of Mosaic law was lifted from Hammurabi's code, circa 1790 BCE.
Indeed, his brand new capital at Amarna was abandoned ,his name obliterated, his statues defaced and his son and heir to the throne changed his name from Tut-Ankh-Aten to Tut-Ankh-Amun. The proper order(m'aat) was restored and the priest so Amum regained their staggering wealth and power.
My understanding is the cult of Aten mas very UN-popular indeed,and probably ignored by the general population as much as possible..A bit like the way Christians ignore heretics.Had not Akhn- Aten been pharaoh,he would almost certainly have been killed outright for blasphemy. He has been known throughout history as"The Great Heretic".
Tangent:
@Min: I received my National Geo today. There's a photo of Tut Ankh Amun's famous gold mask on the cover,and an article on his DNA.Can't wait to read it.
Plus I saw a doco recently which speculated that Tut's tomb may have belonged to his grandfather, AYE (who then pinched Tut's royal tomb) AND that many of burial goods were not made for Tut but his father and and Nefertiti. The argument is that by quickly.but properly burying Tut, Aye legitimised his claim to the throne over Horemheb,who took the throne after Aye died a couple of years later.
Tut's parents were Akhn Aten and one of his five sisters,although it's not known which one (established though DNA testing) It is now though common Egyptian Royal incest may have been the cause of Tut's death at age 19 due to genetic defects..
Nothing has been proved,only some new educated guesses made.
One growing consensus is that the Exodus is myth and that Moses never existed. I'm unaware of any causal link between Mosaic law and the the Egyptian law of M'aat,although there may be some correlations .Egyptian ethics and moral law are not directly analogous with Judaeo-Christian mores.Their entire world views,cosmology and theology are different.
Another growing consensus is that Judaism is younger than traditionally thought. the Exodus is dated at anything from 1450B CE to1250 BCE. It's being increasingly accepted that the Torah was probably written in Babylon as late as the C8th BCE. That at least some of Mosaic law was lifted from Hammurabi's code, circa 1790 BCE.
Quote:I don't see that at all. As soon as Akenaten was out of power the state reverted to the old gods.
Indeed, his brand new capital at Amarna was abandoned ,his name obliterated, his statues defaced and his son and heir to the throne changed his name from Tut-Ankh-Aten to Tut-Ankh-Amun. The proper order(m'aat) was restored and the priest so Amum regained their staggering wealth and power.
My understanding is the cult of Aten mas very UN-popular indeed,and probably ignored by the general population as much as possible..A bit like the way Christians ignore heretics.Had not Akhn- Aten been pharaoh,he would almost certainly have been killed outright for blasphemy. He has been known throughout history as"The Great Heretic".
Tangent:
@Min: I received my National Geo today. There's a photo of Tut Ankh Amun's famous gold mask on the cover,and an article on his DNA.Can't wait to read it.
Plus I saw a doco recently which speculated that Tut's tomb may have belonged to his grandfather, AYE (who then pinched Tut's royal tomb) AND that many of burial goods were not made for Tut but his father and and Nefertiti. The argument is that by quickly.but properly burying Tut, Aye legitimised his claim to the throne over Horemheb,who took the throne after Aye died a couple of years later.
Tut's parents were Akhn Aten and one of his five sisters,although it's not known which one (established though DNA testing) It is now though common Egyptian Royal incest may have been the cause of Tut's death at age 19 due to genetic defects..
