Who Invented Monotheism? - The Naked Archaeologist 301 - Moses VS Akhenaton 

Research the name Serapis Christus. His depiction and back story predate Christ's but they're undeniable the same. Also, look at Casear Borgia, and how he commissioned Italian artists to start depicting him as Jesus. Borgia was the son of the Pope. Look at the books that were taken out of the bible; the Apocrypha texts. Or just start from the beginning; look at how Christianty; which started 200 yrs after the death of Christ is eriely similar to to the Egyptian Book of the Dead

Seriously, does it matter who brought us to the knowledge of the one true God? Don't we realize that Abram was not the first to receive the priesthood from God, but that he received it from Melchizedek? Why is it difficult to accept that God uses individuals not of Israeli decent as a percerser to bringing to us His truth?

@@janaunvoyles4293 You are presupposing the existence of "the one true God". The demonstration of said would need to occur first, in order to be rationally valid.

@@janaunvoyles4293 yes. Wars have been fought over this right; the spear of destiny

@@sedwillful there were many who claimed to be the christ. The senhedrin made a good judgement concerning the spread of Christianity which was recorded almost 2000 yrs ago in the Bible, and stands true today. They said if it was of God it would prosper, if not it will dissolve. Ive never heard of a church for Serapis or any of the others.

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Or that they were the children of Father Abraham???

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Yeah but even in the time of Abraham there were supposedly multiple gods it wasn't really until Moses that the Ten Commandments were made and God commanded the worship of only the one guy. But Abraham's father was pagan and a priest of many gods in the city of most likely Abraham worshipped EL .

At least in part because it's not a fact. The story of Abraham was an oral tradition before it was written down along with the story of Moses. But even when the story was written down, there was still a theological problem, which was addressed as follows: Abraham's God was initially known as El, the name of the highest god of the Canaanite. (Strictly speaking, the name is ambiguous, because El just means Lord and was applied to other gods as well.) The biblical story explains how El reveals his name, Yahweh, to Moses in Exodus 3:13 and 6:2. (The name appears earlier, even in Genesis. That's because Genesis and Exodus are cobbled together from two sources, one of which uses the 'secret' name even before it is revealed. That's also why God reveals his name twice.) The point of this story is clearly to resolve a theological problem: Reconciliation between the worship of an earlier god (referred to as El) and Yahweh. The Second Commandment is quite clear: _you shall have_ no other gods, not _there are_ no other gods. The existence of other gods is taken for granted; it's just worshiping them that is not allowed. Also, in 2 Kings 3:27, the king of Moab prevents certain defeat by the Israelites by sacrificing his eldest son. It doesn't make sense that he would have sacrificed to Yahweh. (Why would Yahweh even have honored the sacrifice?) Most likely, the king of Moab sacrificed to Chemosh, the national god of the Moabites. _And was successful._ And then there is the little issue of Asherah. This goddess was worshiped throughout the region and was often the consort of the most important god. It appears that Asherah was considered Yahweh's consort for longer than one would expect. The most convincing historical explanation of the Moses story so far is that the Levites started as a Canaanite priest caste (or something similar) in Egypt, underwent something similar to the Exodus story, brought the tendency towards monotheism with them (more precisely monolatry), and installed themselves in the promised land, controlling its religion. So the Levites came up with a foundational myth explaining how El, the highest god of the Canaanites, is identical with Yahweh and doesn't want the Israelites to worship the other gods any more. This also explains why 1 named + 10 unnamed tribes (Joseph and his unnamed brothers) turn into 12 named tribes (including Levi) later on.

@@johaquila to put it simply all abrahamic religions today worship a pagan God that separated and demanded worship of only one. 🙏 is there any connection do you think with Akhenaten and his one God?

@@mr.monster91666 I am not an expert, but I don't find the video convincing. To support its hypothesis, it makes a number of claims that seem to be very far from scholarly consensus. However, Moses is an obviously Egyptian name and the time around Akhenaten does seem to be a perfect fit for the Exodus story. There are some additional supporting facts that haven't been mentioned in the video. Perhaps most importantly, the description of the tabernacle in Exodus fits the tent of a Pharaoh. So I think the hypothesis that Moses was an important personality in the Aten cult is extremely convincing and probably the best one available for the Exodus. Moreover, given how radical the changes were, I really doubt that Akhenaten came up with all this on his own. This smells like conversion to an existing religion. Perhaps the Yahweh cult was originally brought from Edom to Egypt by the Hyksos, and became monolatric in Egypt, before being transported to Israel by the expelled Hyksos = Levites.

@@johaquila so like the other way around maybe Akhenaten who lived with many pagans was inspired by a monotheistic God because with Tutankhamun he reversed everything his father did and brought back pagan gods

There are several researchers that do.

Um no.

@@bethbartlett5692 you hats ridiculous and anti Biblical.

Anti Biblical and pathetically stupid.

@@shamounfromiraqyetsamecolo9044 you an expert then

If the Bible says that Joseph's remains were taken to Israel then this is what I believe. I would not question the Bible.

It's a shame they didn't explore he's humour and quick wits for this series.

What day was he born and when did he die? The dates that are commonly celebrated are celestial events; the solstice and spring equinox.

Sedrick Williams...your right. Christianity is more in reference to the sun not the son. You had day watchers and night watcher civilizations. Notice the moon and stars on Arabic flags.

@K 97 Jesus never said he was the only begotten son. He said we are all sons of the most high; Evening stating, "Is it now written in your law that YE are the gods". If God the "Father" is truly our father, wouldn't that make us demi-gods or part god?

True. His birth name was Yahshua/Yeshua according to Hebraic lore. This name was given to him by the angel Gabriel; a divine name. There's no globally recognized translation for Krishna, Vishnu, or Buddha. So why is there's an inaccurate translation of a name given to the messiah by the angel Gabriel. The old testament is comprised of the first 4 or 5 books of the Torah. So you have Christians, teaching Judaic traditions, but not following Judaism. Judaism is comprised of dozens of religions from ancient Canaanite to Phoenician. There's a reason why Christians simply say God; which is a title, instead of referring to an actual Hebraic name.

@K 97 it's in Mathew; others accounts are in Luke, where he's called Emmanuel. Then name jesus is only mentioned in the new king james versions; all 2300 of them; literally that many versions of one incorruptible word. Gabriel references mary in her hebraic name. Jesus is a hellanistized version; a blasphemy. The Messiah was neither roman nor jew; he was an enemy of the state. Calling him by that name only gives power to the people who killed him

Don't be rude

@@c.c.c.7756 I have seen those passages in the Bible. I began study into Ancient Egypt at the age of 11 - no exaggeration. I am part Egyptian as well. Please cite the above-referenced sources, and I will be happy to broaden even more. Thank you.

I personally think that the “send me more glass for my table” must be a diplomatic reference that is lost to us. I could mean something like “remember our comercial dealings”. Who knows, but it is too important to mean so little.

@@cnpf312 yes it will be so hard to recognize any Idioms of their language your mad right. I just think he kind of went with the political Jewish conclusion and it was so choppy

@@mixedup2917 yes, he looks for the answers he wants, but does so in a way does does not devalue his work. I think the most important thing in the study of history in general is to keep asking questions. After all, the questions he suggests are what started this very conversation. As a historian I say: let’s keep asking questions! On a different note, I just love the editing. This series is a masterpiece of editing. Love it. Don’t always believe it, but love it. I wish there were more episodes.

@@cnpf312 yes true lol I miss this show this only had one season while Accient Aliens had 40 😁😂🤣🤣🤣

I find his approach to archaeology very cavalier, drawing horrible conclusions from the most thin evidence. His search is steered by his beliefs and not objective at all.

But the nature of God is knowable.

@@mesinjah I agree, but the best question that can be asked of all Judeo/ Christian ministers/ priests, Imams, is WHAT is God? Most organized religions will try to define a WHO of supernatural existence. When science keeps proving the WHAT.

That's extraordinarily unlikely. First, it's highly debatable as to whether there actually was a historical figure known as Abram/Abraham as depicted in the Hebrew bible. Many scholars are very convinced that he is a patriarchal archetype, as primary source material is not well corroborated. Secondly, it's been well substantiated how the Israelites were not monotheistic until the post exilic period. Prior to that they were polytheistic/henotheistic as demonstrated by the literary and archeological evidence.

@@nonprogrediestregredi1711 scholars aren't always right. Take for instance the reemergence of the motionless flat Earth science, which will require the reeducation of billions and many new books written. The question is, what do we do about mathematical idiots such as Einstein?

@@JesusIsaFlatEarther "scholars aren't always right." Gee, what a profound statement, I say sarcastically. It's about as profound as saying that water is wet. Scholars with academic freedom rely upon the best evidence available at the time. This is the historical method; as no one can recreate the past historical events and their context, we have to examine literary source material and archeological evidence to best determine what is most probable. "Take for instance the reemergence of the motionless flat earth science, which will require the reeducation of billions and many new books written." "flat earth science"?! There's an oxymoron. The earth is an oblate spheroid. It's been empirically demonstrated to be so. Also, I have no idea why you're dismissing Einstein's mathematical abilities.

@@nonprogrediestregredi1711 given there's no curvature of the Earth to be found anywhere, that in itself proves Einstein was at best a mathematical idiot. If you'd defend a mathematical idiot, that says a lot about you. And info you, theoretical science is the oxymoron, because nothing proposed by the religion of theoretical scientism can be demonstrated with a scientific experiment, it must believed in.

Yeah.. on RU-vid anyway.. I remain unconvinced of this explanation.