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== Influence on Judaism == | == Influence on Judaism == | ||
Some have theorized that the monotheism of the Hebrews was founded upon the Egyptian pharaoh Ikhnaton’s worship of the one sun god. In about A.D. 80 the Jewish historian Josephus quoted Manetho, an Egyptian historian, as stating that [[Moses]] was a priest of the Egyptian city of Heliopolis who became the leader of a group of heretics (i.e., the Hebrews). | Some have theorized that the monotheism of the Hebrews was founded upon the Egyptian pharaoh Ikhnaton’s worship of the one sun god. In about <small>A</small>.<small>D</small>. 80 the Jewish historian Josephus quoted Manetho, an Egyptian historian, as stating that [[Moses]] was a priest of the Egyptian city of Heliopolis who became the leader of a group of heretics (i.e., the Hebrews). | ||
According to Hebrew tradition, Moses was raised in Egypt and is said to have been educated “in all the wisdom of the Egyptians”<ref>Acts 7:22.</ref> at Heliopolis (the biblical city of On). Summarizing this theory, Robert Silverberg writes in his book ''Akhnaten: The Rebel Pharaoh'': | According to Hebrew tradition, Moses was raised in Egypt and is said to have been educated “in all the wisdom of the Egyptians”<ref>Acts 7:22.</ref> at Heliopolis (the biblical city of On). Summarizing this theory, Robert Silverberg writes in his book ''Akhnaten: The Rebel Pharaoh'': | ||
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The devotion to Truth demonstrated by these rulers is typical of the qualities required for true messengers of God. Ikhnaton’s virtue was not in military victory or in political bargaining with the priests of Amon, but in his total lack of compromise with error. | The devotion to Truth demonstrated by these rulers is typical of the qualities required for true messengers of God. Ikhnaton’s virtue was not in military victory or in political bargaining with the priests of Amon, but in his total lack of compromise with error. | ||
His devotion to his queen was often publicly displayed and depicted in Egyptian art. The [[akashic records]] show that Ikhnaton had a great sense of mission to outpicture the principles of the [[Brotherhood]], not only in his private life, but also in the laws of Egypt. The culture that the king and queen brought forth at Tel el Amarna in art, in poetry and in music was under the direction of the Brotherhood, inspired from [[Venus (the planet)|Venus]] and the ancient lands of Mu and Atlantis when these civilizations were at their height. | His devotion to his queen was often publicly displayed and depicted in Egyptian art. The [[akashic records]] show that Ikhnaton had a great sense of mission to outpicture the principles of the [[Brotherhood]], not only in his private life, but also in the laws of Egypt. The culture that the king and queen brought forth at Tel el Amarna in art, in poetry and in music was under the direction of the Brotherhood, inspired from [[Venus (the planet)|Venus]] and the ancient lands of [[Mu]] and [[Atlantis]] when these civilizations were at their height. | ||
The bust of Nefertiti that can be seen today in a museum in Berlin is considered to be one of the masterpieces of the Amarna age. When one compares the portraits of Ikhnaton and Nefertiti with present-day photographs of the messengers, he will see how the characteristics of the soul are outpictured again and again in the physical form; indeed the physical form is the counterpart of the etheric. The resemblance may carry over for many embodiments until the traits change. | The bust of Nefertiti that can be seen today in a museum in Berlin is considered to be one of the masterpieces of the Amarna age. When one compares the portraits of Ikhnaton and Nefertiti with present-day photographs of the messengers, he will see how the characteristics of the soul are outpictured again and again in the physical form; indeed the physical form is the counterpart of the etheric. The resemblance may carry over for many embodiments until the traits change. | ||
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