reply to post by Good Wolf
Akhnaton's Hymn to the Aton vs Psalm CIV
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Akhnaton - The world is in darkness like the dead. every lion cometh forth from his den; all serpents sting. Darkness reigns.
Psalm CIV - Thou makest the darkness and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey;
they seek their meat from God.
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Akhnaton - When Thou risest in the horizon ... the darkness is banished ... Then in all the world they do their work.
Psalm CIV - The sun riseth, they get them away, and lay them down in their dens. Man goeth forth unto his work, and to his labour until the
evening.
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Akhnaton - All trees and plants flourish, ... the birds flutter in their marshes ... All sheep dance upon their feet.
Psalm CIV - The trees of the Lord are full of sap ... wherein the birds make their nests .... The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats.
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Akhnaton - The ships sail upstream and down-stream alike.... The fish in the river leap up before Thee; and Thy rays are in the midst of the great
sea.
Psalm CIV - Younder is the sea, great and wide, wherein are ... both small and great beasts. There go the ships ....
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Akhnaton - How manifold are all Thy works! ... Thou didst create the earth according to Thy desire, men, all cattle, ... all that are upon the earth
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Psalm CIV - O Lord, how manifold are Thy words! In wisdom hast Thou made them all. The earth is full of Thy creatures.
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Akhnaton - Thou hast set a Nile in heaven that it may fall for them, makng floods upon the mountains ... and watering their fields. The Nile in
heaven is for the service of the strangers, and for the cattle of every land.
Psalm CIV - He watereth the hills from above: the earth is filled with the fruit of Thy works. He bringeth forth grass for the cattle and green herb
for the service of men.
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Akhnaton - Thou makest the seasons... Thou hast made the distant heaven in order to rise therein, ... dawning shining afar off, and returning.
Psalm CIV - He appointed the moon for certain seasons, and the sun knoweth his going down.
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Akhnaton - The world is in Thy hand, even as Thou hast made them. When thouh has risen they live; when Thou settest they die ... By Thee man
liveth.
Psalm CIV - These wait all upon Thee .. When Thou givest them (food) they gather it; and when Thou openest Thy hand they are filled with good. When
thou hidest Thy face they are troubled: When thou takest away their breath they die.
- Source - Akhnaton, Pharaoh of Egypt by Arthur Weigall.
At least some of the Psalms and the 10 Commandments came from Egyptian sources. As for the creation myth story and the Noahs' Ark myth - I'd look
to Summerian origins.
[edit on 12/24/2008 by FlyersFan]
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