RE: Here we go ...
February 1, 2023 at 6:13 pm
(This post was last modified: February 1, 2023 at 6:13 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(February 1, 2023 at 6:07 pm)Justin Case Wrote:(February 1, 2023 at 6:02 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: So much for akenaten being that one man. Would you like to offer another candidate or is this done?
You can argue with the scholars ... it was the first version of monotheism - it replaced the polytheism in Egypt - yes. it pissed the people off but there was nothing they could do until he was dead. A bigger connection is tied to the Zoroastrians and Zarathustra's "experience" that started this much deeper picture.
There's no way around it ... the Hebrew GOD was a copy of a copy.
There are fairly strong and well-reasoned arguments among Egyptologists that Atenism was closer to henotheism than to monotheism.
Boru
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