Gods of Our Fathers: The Memory of Egypt in Judaism and Christianity

Gods of Our Fathers: The Memory of Egypt in Judaism and Christianity

by Richard A. Gabriel
ISBN-10:
0313312869
ISBN-13:
9780313312861
Pub. Date:
11/30/2001
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-10:
0313312869
ISBN-13:
9780313312861
Pub. Date:
11/30/2001
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Gods of Our Fathers: The Memory of Egypt in Judaism and Christianity

Gods of Our Fathers: The Memory of Egypt in Judaism and Christianity

by Richard A. Gabriel

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Overview

Gabriel offers a startling new look at Judaism and Christianity by attempting to trace their historical theological roots, not to the revelations of God, but to the common theological ancestor, the religions of ancient Egypt. Using new material only recently made available by archaeology, Gabriel shows how the theological premises of Christianity were in existence three thousand years before Christ and how the heresy of Akhenaten became the source for Moses' Judaism.

Gabriel begins with the challenge that the dawn of man's ethical conscience began in Egypt by 3400 BCE, long before the age of revelation in the West. Over the course of 3000 years, Egyptian theologians developed a complete theology of trinitarian monotheism, immortality of the soul, resurrection, and a post-mortem judgment within the Osiris myth. These concepts existed nowhere else in the ancient world and were passed directly to Christianity. In 1200 BCE, the heretic pharaoh Akhenaten abandoned Egyptian tradition and invented his own theology of a single god, no immortal soul, no resurrection, and no post-mortem judgment. This tradition was passed to the West through Moses whose Judaic theology is identical to Akhenaten's.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313312861
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 11/30/2001
Series: Contributions to the Study of Religion , #67
Pages: 264
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

RICHARD A. GABRIEL is an historian and Adjunct Professor of Humanities and Ethics at Daniel Webster College. He is the author of more than 30 books, including From Sumer to Rome: The Military Capabilities of Ancient Armies, Great Battles of Antiquity, and Great Captains of Antiquity (Greenwood Press, 1991, 1994, and 2000 respectively). Dr. Gabriel was a professor at St. Anselm College for more than 20 years before assuming the position of Professor of History and Politics at the US Army War College. He is a frequent lecturer to the academic, governmental, and military establishments of Canada, the United States, Germany, China, and Israel.

Table of Contents

Foreward by Mordechai Gichon
Preface
The Dawn of Conscience
Egyptian Monotheism and Akhenaten
Moses and Judaism
Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection
Jesus and the Christian Osiris
Ritual and Magic
Final Thoughts
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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