I suppose that it depends on whose word you take as accurate: Mormon Egyptologist Stephen Thompson, or Mormon Egyptologist John Thompson. Moreover, they are not the only Mormon Egyptologists. So, how do we determine who is giving us the straight scoop? Stay tuned.
Robert F Smith wrote:I have been suggesting for about 40 years that the original Book of Abraham illustrations were quite different than what we have now (the Book of Abraham text says, for example, that the altar is similar to an Aramaean bedstead, which fits the venue of the human sacrifice in northwestern Syria).
Do you believe the originals were created by Abraham or added later on by a scribe or redactor? And do you think all similar Facsimiles can be tied to Abraham?
Robert F Smith wrote:I was just thinking of your inadvertent but amusing reference to the hydrocephaly of Sheshonq. However, for two thousand years, Israelites (and finally Jews) used all manner of Egyptian words and iconography in the Bible and in religious and everyday life as they transmitted canonical and non-canonical traditions to later generations. Indeed, Semites and other neighbors did so, and we have numerous examples of that sort of thing.
It is my hypothesis that the Egyptians placed special fluid warming disks under the heads of the deceased to increase cranial capacity in the afterlife.
What do we gain by tracing Christian and Jewish themes back to the Egyptians? Is there any evidence that the Egyptians knew about Abraham? According to the PoGP the Egyptians were trying to create a religion similar to what Abraham had but from what little I have read on it the evidence seems to point the other way around.
"Any over-ritualized religion since the dawn of time can make its priests say yes, we know, it is rotten, and hard luck, but just do as we say, keep at the ritual, stick it out, give us your money and you'll end up with the angels in heaven for evermore."
aussieguy55 wrote:that Louis Midgley (who is a very angry anti-anti-Mormon) attends book launches and bookshops and annoys/shouts at people who disagree with him.
I know Lou, and your portrayal of him is false -- though the anti-Mormons do find him annoying.
Robert F Smith wrote:I have been suggesting for about 40 years that the original Book of Abraham illustrations were quite different than what we have now (the Book of Abraham text says, for example, that the altar is similar to an Aramaean bedstead, which fits the venue of the human sacrifice in northwestern Syria).
Fence Sitter wrote:Do you believe the originals were created by Abraham or added later on by a scribe or redactor? And do you think all similar Facsimiles can be tied to Abraham?
You have the direction of flow backward: See the next paragraph --
Robert F Smith wrote:I was just thinking of your inadvertent but amusing reference to the hydrocephaly of Sheshonq. However, for two thousand years, Israelites (and finally Jews) used all manner of Egyptian words and iconography in the Bible and in religious and everyday life as they transmitted canonical and non-canonical traditions to later generations. Indeed, Semites and other neighbors did so, and we have numerous examples of that sort of thing.
It is my hypothesis that the Egyptians placed special fluid warming disks under the heads of the deceased to increase cranial capacity in the afterlife.
What do we gain by tracing Christian and Jewish themes back to the Egyptians?
Again you have the sequence backward. Egyptian tradition and iconography flows into these later religions, and the influence is profound.
Is there any evidence that the Egyptians knew about Abraham?
No, and the same is true of Moses.
According to the PoGP the Egyptians were trying to create a religion similar to what Abraham had but from what little I have read on it the evidence seems to point the other way around.
Are you talking about priesthood? Or an entire religion? I don't understand your comments here.
