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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Djehuti: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Kalonji: [qb] Agree with both you and Angelina A few core characteristics are prehistoric African, but the book of Genesis for example just reeks of Egyptian terminology that is too substantial to not view such recent borrowing as fundamental, especially since the chapter deals with things as important as creation.[/qb][/QUOTE]Actually the creation story may very well be based on Canaanite myth as opposed to Egyptian. The primordial waters identified as the Egyptian nun were also known to the Canaanites and the actual god of creation is El-Elion or the 'High God' (not to be confused with El Father of the gods). But there is indeed much Egyptian terminology especially in Psalms and the Ten Commandments we know is based on the Egyptian Book of Confessions. Many priestly rites and rituals were also adapted from Egyptians. [QUOTE][qb]They didn't just borrow material from Egyptians neither, as Angelina is fond of pointing out. Rather than sentences and phrases in the case of Egyptians, they borrowed complete stories, such as the Ark of Noah and the tower of Babel from other West Asians. Noah is modeled after Utnapishtim, a character from the Gilgamesh epoch, and the legend of a gigantic tower that was decimated by the gods circulated in Mesopotamia way before Hebrews penned it down. It's hard to argue for Hebrew origin, because the Hebrews themselves placed the setting of both stories in Mesopotamia as well. [/qb][/QUOTE]Yes that was my point to the Anguished-homo, that the early myths were not actually Egyptian but Mesopotamian tweaked with Canaanite features. Like instead of the 8 forbidden plants of Ninhursag in the primordial garden, it was the two trees of Asherah (one of knowledge and another of life). [/QB][/QUOTE]
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