The First Monotheistic Religion? - Akhenaten's Religion of Light

In this video, we talk about the short-lived religion founded by the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten.
Thank you very much to the channel "Amazing Places on Our Planet" for allowing me to use his beautiful footage. Link to the channel here: / milosh9k
Sources/Further Reading:
Hornung, Erik (2001) "Akhenaten and the Religion of Light". Cornell University Press.
Hoffmeier, James K. (2015). "Akhenaten and the Origins of Monotheism". Oxford University Press.
#Aten #Akhenaten #Egypt

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[@neon-kitty]

It's also interesting to consider that the reason why the Aten became so popular during Amenhotep III's and Akhenaten's rule may have been political moreso than spiritual since Amun's priests in Thebes held an immense amount of power. The pharaohs at the time would've needed to stay on their good side and try to appease them. By demoting Amun, the royal court stripped the Amun priesthood of that power and by making themselves the only conduit between the human and the divine, they conferred it on themselves. It's kinda similar to how Henry VIII made himself head of the Church of England after splitting off from Rome. Political and spiritual power combined in one office and one person. Of course, though, we can't know Amenhotep III's and Akhenaten's exact motivations and a lot of Akhenaten's actions do seem to suggest that he did actually believe in this new religion of his so it may have been a mix of the two or it may have started out as political scheming under his father but then turned into genuine belief under Akhenaten. It's impossible to know but it's fun to think about.

[@harlanabraham7772]

NeonKitty, I think you may have stumbled onto something. Amun's priests did have immense power. Also, under the Amun priests they believed in more than one G-d. Polytheism. Akhenaten didn't bring about monotheism as we know it. Akhenaten only believed that Aten was the only G-d worth worshiping. The clerics didn't like this. The clerics even arranged the murder of Akhenaten. They did arrange for Tutankhamen to become a Pharaoh. Then the religion moved back to what it was before his father saw the light. By the way, when funds went low, the clerics robbed the pyramids and the royals. The only one's untouched were Aktenaten and King Tut. His son. And his wife.

[@kurylko8493]

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[@Svensk7119]

I don't doubt he believed in it strongly. If he threw the old gods out at all, that is true dedication. Changing his name also indicates this. Also, the priests not only saw this as an attempt on their power, it was, but they also would have seen it as an abandonment of righteousness. The king had thrown out God, basically, and embraced evil. Harlan Abraham, love your name!

[@neon-kitty]

@@Svensk7119 I mean, he doesn't seem to have denied the other gods' existence, he "just" stopped worshipping them and closed their temples (thereby stripping their priests of power). But yeah, like I said, I do think Akhenaten probably believed in his new religion (the hymns he wrote for the Aten certainly sound like the words of a true believer). But Aten had already started becoming more popular under his father Amenhotep III and I wouldn't be surprised if that rise in popularity (that eventually led to Akhenaten believing in it) was politically motivated. And some of Akhenaten's religious decision-making may have been influenced by political concerns, as well, even if he truly believed in his new doctrine.

[@Svensk7119]

@@neon-kitty I am sure. I just think it is a little cart-before-the-horse. If he truly believed, his political motives would have come from that. They would have reinforced his religion. His father appears to have been slightly lazy, in a poetic sense. (My opinion only, a'course). He fell into one habit of address, when there were so many poeticisms in the language. Maybe he was religiously big for his britches, but that is pure conjecture. Number IV, however.... he went the whole nine yards. And twice again! He sounds like a convert, and there is no zealot like a convert. Changing his name? Check. Altering religious conventions built over centuries? Check. Restructuring his court to accommodate? Check. These drastic changes all sound of conversion. Perhaps he had these beliefs in situ for sometime, but Something had to change for him to bring them forth. The other thing he seems is a narcissist. All he did made himself more important. He seems to have been some degree of unhinged, as well. Somewhere between Sadam Hussein and Adolf Hitler, though I mean that for unhingement only. I have heard nothing of him being murderous.

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Personalable Ptah came before Impersonable Aten

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It bugs me more than it should that when people speak of Tutankhamun they almost all skip over his birth name being Tutankhaten.

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[@TheWarrrenator]

This revelation is invaluable to me. Thank you for your work. It’s like Akhnaten was a royal lightworker. Ra as a literal sun god vs. Aten as divine light.

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Interestingly, the art from the Akhenaten's time is placed in a separate room in the Egyptian Museum on Tahrir square in Cairo. I wonder if they put it similarly into an isolated room once the museum moves to its new building near Giza plateau.

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Regarding the "art style" I always thought he was just depicted realistically... The pharoes were notorious for inbreeding, a deformed frame like that wouldn't be entirely impossible

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That's right, just look up the forensic reconstructions of King Tut if you have any doubts

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Or the deformation of his legs.

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We were kings and shit 😔 lol Africa did conquer Egypt and ruled it for about 200 years

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[@thedecktothe16thpower56]

Imagine the scandal in his day... that even slaves could be rays of the one God. Imagine all the living self proclaimed gods from their past and present being demoted as even equals of non Egyptians. As in all cases religion is political, faith is a different story.

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Faith is what those without talent possess.

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Ptah was a monotheist God before the Aten was even considered.

[@joelnorton9742]

Very well analyzed. Exactly my sense of what they were worshiping. Fascinating

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[@aasemahsan]

New Kingdom 18th dynasty 3:25 Amenhotep III 5:44 Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) 10:52 Reforms of Akhenaten *Historian (Egyptologist)* : Erik Hornung

[@briansmith9439]

Excellent episode. I have often wondered about a possible connection between the monotheistic tendencies of Akhenaten and change to monotheism in Judaism. This is the first show I have seen in which it is mentioned and your mentioning of the similar texts is new information for me. I have always looked at the chronology - the Jewish population in the Levant was polytheistic to a point just after Akhenaten's reign, then it adopted monotheism. Any Jews in Egypt during his reign would have been exposed to monotheism. The migration of the Egyptian Jews to the Levant happened about a century later (c1225 BCE if I recall correctly) which coincides quite nicely with, i.e. preceding the transformation from polytheism to monotheism in Judaism. I am certain there are many published papers - scholarly research - on the topic that would be fascinating to read.

[@analyticalmindset]

Super interesting when you connect all the dots . The spread of information throughout time and civilization is fascinating

[@harlanabraham7772]

Brian Smith The Jewish religion was always monotheistic. They only worshiped one G-d. The creator of everything. If they believed in multiple G-ds then they could not have been Jewish.

[@cyanide_and_]

Have you read Friedrich Schiller's Mission of Moses? It could indeed be that Judaism and later Christianity was a 'copy' of this new religion...

[@Zzzbtc]

@@harlanabraham7772 even in the Bible they had to be told to stop worshiping their other gods. And they were still doing sacrifices to them. In the Bible. So

[@MrFishPie]

@@harlanabraham7772 Where did you hear that? There’s extensive documentary evidence of polytheism. They even combined their preferred parts of elder storm god El into younger warrior storm god Yahweh, maintaining the fatherly aspects of El while keeping the aggressive warrior tendencies of Yahweh. This is easily seen when comparing the different aspects of god just in the Old Testament. And don’t get us started on his (basically erased from history) wife Asherah.

[@grose2272]

Can't understand why but I have been obsessed with Akenathen and his family for some time. They were something special more than what history knows.

[@annalisette5897]

I too feel a special affinity for Akhenaten, his family and the fascinating Aten. The ankh symbol and the hands at the ends of Aten's life giving rays say so much these thousands of years later. IMO the depiction of the Aten is truly universal symbolism that lasts forever.

[@grose2272]

@@annalisette5897 I believe so it has special meaning for are current times. Dark gives way to light.

[@annalisette5897]

@@grose2272 Additionally, everything is made of light. If subatomic particles are broken down to smaller and smaller parts, photons which are packages of light, are found.

[@joshuaamitai]

Did you know "rose" that Akhnaton re-incarnated in recent times and did actually do the same - creating a new capital city ? a vision completed in only 3 years against the will of the country's inhabitants. he had the help of Ja-im hatap , reincarnated at the same timespan. a even more controversal theory to delve into is " the cloned akhnaton." there is althoug a dark aspect one has to considder talking Akhnaten and can not be dismissed , akhnaton determined way to create a new capital and a new religion "heliopolis -tel el amarna and the worship of the athen " left egypt devastated and in ruin , and u can imagine the people"s rage towards akhnato'n s followers and servants after the priests gained back power it was a sad dark page in history that can not be forgoten ! but hey , he came back and completed his heliopolis so ....... he was killed again but hey ... he completed his task

[@goddyfame3424]

Egyptologists ignore every evidence that points to Akhenaten being an openly Lesbian Woman. They had to find other explanations to her feminin features and blame her worship of the Sun as the reason the Patriarchs burried her ideas. It makes no sense.

[@stevieg3333]

I really enjoyed your videos on Akhenaten. Maybe it's already been mentioned within other comments, but in the 1980’s Ra the Law of One communicated much on ancient Egypt, including their state of pantheism and some interesting words on Akhenaten, which I feel amalgamates to your research. Many thanks

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Yes! I was hoping someone else would mention the Law of One :) I think it is also important to mention the prophecy that Thoth spoke to Asclepius in ‘The perfect sermon’.

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This religious revolution seems to be the one featured in the classic book The Egyptian. Great read.

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Love the way you put the video together. Your narration with the music and the images is thought provoking and spookily mystical.

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Thanks for sharing this nearly vanquished fraction of egyptian history.

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It makes me sad that Humanity has still not overcome Religion and such.

[@TSmith-yy3cc]

I've always thought that most of Akenhaten's reforms reeked of someone wanting to undermine the power of priesthoods and other power structures that he (possibly) felt had gained too much power. From the possible worship of his powerful (and thus likely respected) father, the exclusion of a priesthood in his new religion to the herculean undertaking of building a new administrative capital (which I would deem more easily defended) my admittedly layman opinion is that it's an avenue worth investigating. Remembering that these societal structures weren't completely uprooted and seemingly instituted a reasonably extreme damnatio memoriae after reinstalling themselves after his immediate successors, it's really no wonder why his reputation is lousy. That being said it is extremely likely that the complete societal upheaval resulting from this proposed war against the theocratic organisation would have prevented him from being a competent ruler.

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Religion can be a powerful political tool.

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@@apalahartisebuahnama7684 religion has always been a powerful political too, perhaps the most powerful one. It is said that the best way to control a population, is by controlling their thoughts and actions. Aka mindcontrol. Thus you have a large army at your disposal. Look at christianity and Islam, hinduism as well. Old pagan religions shows the same.

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@@lioness6853 Hinduism was never united and endlessly persecuted because they were never the aggressors. But it is uniting and waking up against this persecution due to the advent of the internet and connectedness.

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@@N0Xa880iUL Hinduism is seen as the oldest religion in the world and seems to have been pretty united for centuries.

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@@lioness6853 It was not unity as much as the pursuit of truth. The lay people prepared a framework to quell their thirst for meaning and called it religion. But the true spirit of hinduism is in discovery as opposed to dogma. Sure, people will believe in infinite deities but never ever was it forced upon. And I think it was a good thing. The scientific progress in Hinduism was tremendous. Even Ramanujan believed the goddess passed him the theorems in his dreams. Goes to show a genius is not tied to his religion or beliefs.

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It makes me sad that Humanity has still not overcome Religion and such.

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Give thanks for the introduction to an understanding of Egyptology.Quite an interesting subject for an enthusiast to follow.

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The importance of the actual light that sustains our ability to live over personification in deific representation is perhaps the first 'scientific' understanding rather than to be understood as religionist - at least in that past of the World

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[@theungulate]

"Praise the sun! If only I could be so grossly incandescent! I'm searching for a sun of my own you know..." Akhenaten, the original Sunbro

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Akhenaten of Astora has a ring to it lol

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Definitely sparked my interest on the subject. Congratulations!

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Someone needs to make a speculative historical fiction about Akhenaten's life and then make a film of it with a massive budget.

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[@ithinktherefore7101]

You can see some of this in the 1954 movie "The Egyptian".

[@muhamadsayyidabidin3906]

I one have a novel where the main characters got time traveled into Akhenaten reign. It narrated the struggle between the old religion and the new religion, with some usual weird quirk like introducing modern technology to the ancients and stuff. But I've lost the novel some years ago lol.

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The ancient Thracian god Zalmoxis was also a monotheistic god; the Greeks mention this....

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[@yodorob]

It would be interesting to speculate what if Akhenaten's new religion had taken more of a hold for a much much longer period of time...perhaps the whole subsequent history of religions, at least in the Middle East and the Western world, would be quite different!

[@rahimi4762]

It did. Read thru the lines. This is the start of Old Testament and Hebrew religion. It’s also Christianity. He claimed to be the son of the sun. He got rid of all gods like god coming down and banishing his ppl

[@paddyodriscoll8648]

I’m very familiar with the Amarna period, and you did an extremely excellent job here explaining the situation. Bravo,,,

[@autimecerhone8802]

Yes I love this presentation so beautifully Illustrated please come back and share more so appreciative Agape to you much love

[@lostspace5811]

I drew it all myself

[@martinwarner1178]

Well presented, mindful, not taking wild tracks, evidence based. Thank you, and peace be unto you.

[@tyrellrivera]

12:28 This is exactly what fascinates me about the Aten.

[@VictorbrineSC]

I love how the Assyrian king who sent his representatives to Egypt was like "My brother in Assur, you are literally forcing your men to die under the Sun by building a nonsensical temple."

[@grassrootsgaming1627]

This channel is a gem, keep up the great videos

[@slevinchannel7589]

Just like CGP Grey and other Educational Channel. Oh, and Hbomberguy of course. Or Illuminaughtii.

[@Andromedae31]

Thank you so much for the video. I'm currently really interested in Aten and through your video Ive learnt a lot. Even if English is not my first language, I understood almost everything.

[@alanoffer]

I’ve always been fascinated by this pharaoh

[@kidindia]

This is my favorite KZbin channel. Keep up the great work

[@ericthegreat7805]

I knew about Atenism and Akhenhaten but Aten being about the Light rays rather than the Sun disk being the true form is totally new to me and blew my mind, as someone interested in Jewish, Christian and Islamic mysticism... but this adds to my idea of a common Religion of Light. This idea of the Light (Nur) and Truth (Haqq) being emanations of a single reality beyond time and space reminds me of Kabbalah, Esoteric Christianity, Spiritual Shi'ism and Manicheanism... the parallels are obvious. There must be universal truths and tendencies within mankind.

[@raymonko]

I visited the Akhetaten (Amarna) remains. Unfortunately few remains left.

[@kirkdougherty8690]

Thank for this video on a subject that has fascinated me since childhood. Just for your information, I just celebrated my 69th birthday. I can offer an explanation regarding Amarna art and its differences from the idealizations that characterized traditional Egyptian art. One of Akhenaten's epithets was "Living in Truth". Therefore, being depicted realistically in art was important to this pharaoh. The art however did change from exaggerating Akhenaten's physical traits in the beginning to a more natural depiction later on. The famous head of Nefertiti is an example of this final phase. To change the subject a little, I've been currently studying the Zoroastrian religion which I and others believe appeared as early as 1700 BCE. The focus on light in both Akhenaten's faith and that of Zoroaster, or Zarathushtra in the Avestan language, is very interesting. Zoroastrians often pray outdoors in the direction of the sun. And, of course, in the fire temples, they pray towards the fire which is a sacred element of creation representing the god Ahura Mazda's wisdom. The fact that solar worship existed in many religions throughout history shouldn't suprise us as life wouldn't exist on this planet without the sun. Forgive me for expounding so extensively. Your videos are always intellectually stimulating for me. Plus, I enjoy sharing some the things I've learned in my previous and current research. Cheers!

[@Zoltar69]

The artistic revolution was also so amazing! The Amarna period was so beautiful.

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[@per-netjereweclectickemeti93]

He persecuted the people and their gods and goddesses followers. How th is religious persecution and discrimination beautiful?

[@Zoltar69]

@@per-netjereweclectickemeti93 The art and architecture was really beautiful. And it's amazing to see so much unearthed and better understood. No sane and moral person should find religious persecution as a good or beautiful thing. Nor did I state it was beautiful. I can't wait to learn more from this unique and unexpected period in human history.

[@subhankhan9563]

Very informative video, learned many new things today, thank you 👌

[@LetsTalkReligion]

I'm glad :)

[@SAINTPONTIUS]

I love that we use ac origins to visualize ancient Egypt, they did such a good job.

[@GaryMcKinnonUFO]

Good stuff. Never anger the priesthood ! Liked and subbed :)

[@kathrynphillips3710]

I believe Akhenaton was a wise ancient soul who was signifying as the embodiement the perfect balance yin and yang male and female as one wholeness and the love/light the of all life..not one gender or the other but the unity...the one pure consciousness that is the all..thankyou for sharing..

[@bbface21]

Just as informative as a college history class, and not the least bit boring. I know I'm not the only one who pays attention throughout.

[@TarekMidani]

That's really interesting. If I were to let my mind wander, I would imagine that the idea was definitely radical and had positive effects on society, being a God to ALL beings, not just to specific people, and also showing signs of affection to family has benefits to society. I also couldn't help but think that he insisted his body be represented in a more true realistic manner rather than the standard perfect manly body which we know pharaohs who ate well never had... But yes, this will be deemed heresy since the other gods/patron-saints already have a dedicated following

[@Mo74mmad]

In Islam we believe all nations received a messenger telling them to worship one God, some accepted and some didn’t.

[@exoplanet11]

As indicated in other comments, a follow-up subject would be: "To what extent did mono- or heno-theistic Atenism influence early or proto-Judaism?" After Akhenaten's death, followers of his 'monotheistic' religion may have been forced to flee...and the next country over is Canaan. Some, including the psychologist Freud, have tried to connect this era to the Exodus narrative. However, Moses was not a historical figure (while his name is similar to that of the earlier Pharaoh Ahmosis I, this may be coincidental) and there is no archeological evidence for the Exodus narrative. This explanation also fails to include the various Canaanite gods (El/Elohim, Ba'al, etc) which play an important role in the Old Testament stories. Still, Egypt ruled over Canaan during Akhenaten's reign, so presumably Canaanites were strongly exposed to his religion during that time. A henotheistic or monolatrist form of Canaanite religion may thus have formed in Canaan via standard religion syncretism, without the need for any migration per se. A fascinating topic! Thanks for the video.

[@azimondius8265]

I personally think we can rule out the fact that Atenism was henotheistic, consider how in that time the names and records of other gods were wiped and discarded and weren't allowed to be worshipped, he didn't exactly ever deny their existence, and what is the definition of henotheism? The belief that there is more than one deity but only one of them is supreme, the others are worshipped but not to the extent of the supreme one; but then comes monolatriesm, i think this is the more likely, consider how like i said Akhenaten didn't exactly ever deny the existence of the other gods, he just didn't allow it and refrained from worshipping anyone but Aten. Of course this is just my opinion.

[@seefoe5]

Thanks for sharing this info. In my opinion, the theory that there may have been some connection between Atenism and early/proto-Judaism is way more plausible than a lot of people admit.

[@Rightlyguided97]

​@@seefoe5Actually that is true... :) But they wouldnt admit it cuz bible mentions ramsey the 2nd 🤐

[@meharshah7276]

Your channel is very good and informative.

[@clementeen]

This was around the same time that prophet Joseph(as) came to become the governed of Egypt and hence influenced Amenhotep IV to become a monotheist, in which Aten represented the One God

[@alisaeed6085]

My thoughts exactly. By the way..... You are beautiful @nadine chamas.

[@Akillesursinne]

What is your source for this grand claim?

[@ameenahsf]

Exactly... was scrolling to see if it would be pointed out

[@m.makary3944]

What a fascinating channel you have, great work !!! thank you very much for sharing. Here's some episode requests for u, u might be interested in: Suhrawardi and Illuminationism Mulla Sadr Din Shirazi Hafez Shirazi Rumi & Shams Tabriz Al Ghazali Imam Al Shadhili Al Hallaj Perennialism & Rene Guenon again many thanks and all the best to u.

[@robertschlesinger1342]

Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video. Excellent video.

[@lionheart9557]

According to twelvern Shia Islam, it was the presence of the Prophet Joseph in Egypt during that time that lead to the monotheistic movement of Amenhotep the 4th. There was a show created in 2008 called "Prophet Joseph" which tells the story of Joseph through the Quran and Islamic traditions.

[@servantofthemostmerciful7985]

Brother, do you know if the hadiths ever tell us his name? I am not sure if this akhenaten is him or not because Joseph peace be upon him is dated to around the old kingdom or second intermediate.

[@sunshinewhite7459]

@@servantofthemostmerciful7985 i dont know if there is hadist or not, but there was a link between the story of prophet yusuf and the story of akhenaten. I dont know the armana city is the new capital or the place that akhenaten build for yusuf relative that come and life in Egypt for the prophet yusuf a.s has a higher ranking in that time that would be possible i think.

[@avatarmikephantom153]

When he says it’s the light and not the disc itself, my first thought was “for the night is dark and full of terrors!” All hail the Lord of Light

[@voidremoved]

Jesus is Lord.

[@troubledwaters7441]

@@voidremoved Piss off. r'hllor the lord of light is the LORD. IT IS KNOWN.

[@matthewmeuleman3369]

Dude, Gandalf kicked his arse and rode his corpse down a cliff like a bogan on an Esky lid going down a sand dune. He then stole his light bringing abilities.

[@pil_low]

Allah is the LIGHT of the heavens and the earth. (Quran 24:36)

[@labella9291]

@@voidremoved Jesus never existed. And Yeshua ben Yosef itinerant rabbi, was not the lord.

[@abdul.khaliqmullazai4701]

I salute you. You do explain each point briefly in a simple way that a layman understand and get knowedge.

[@drew-shourd]

Great video. It has always fascinated me how humans have to compartmentalize everything and everyone, in this case was Akhenaten male or female, judging that answer by his appearance. When in reality there have been many 'Gods' throughout history that represent both masculine and feminine attributes, one term that is used to describe this is 'androgynous' and at times 'hermaphrodite'. Agdistis from Greece, Ardhanarishivara from India, Ometeoti was Aztec, Ymir from ancient Scandinavian lore and Hapi from Egyptian history...just to name a few. Imo, they teach us to find our center and the value of both halves.

[@RCSVirginia]

Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, wrote a novel about Pharaoh Akhenaten titled "Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth." In it, a man interviews members of Akhenaten's former court to try to find the truth about the late Pharaoh, only to find that each individual has a different viewpoint, a different truth and a different story to tell.

[@darrellmfume3513]

There's only ONE TRUTH. anything other than that, are just plain lies.

[@Orion225]

Would like to read it

[@ivythechickpea8171]

I came across this after I found videos of Paul Wallis who is a theological researcher. He is tracking down the very origins of all major religions which is just mindblowing. Thanks for your work!

[@bernardofitzpatrick5403]

Do u know “golden bough” by Fraser ? Good on origins

[@rooneye]

Those wall murals and stuff are so fucking mysterious.

[@wbjsle7379]

can you please make a video about the first concile of nicaea or pope damasus and hieronymus.

[@zhaochangqian2175]

It behooves one who enjoys this video to read the book "In Search of Troy" by Chao C. Chien on the subject of Akhenaten. Wonderful analytical work.

[@technologic21]

I love how they respected Aten's disembodied essence, personal yet far away, unattainable, the light and life of the world. A deeply spiritual people.

[@cryptototalwar2915]

When I first learned about this at the Met in NY, I was blown away

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[@roninviking]

Nice work captain

[@sheikhirfan3854]

I came to know about Akhenaten in an Iranian sitcom depicting the life of Prophet Yusuf or prophet Joseph. I also found out him in the Quran and how he helped Prophet Yusuf.

[@mccalltrader]

The timeline doesn’t work...Joseph more than likely came into Egypt around the 18th dynasty when the Hyksos controlled upper Egypt...1700s BC...he was only three generations removed from Abraham, who lived roughly around 2000BC The new kingdoms 15th dynasty, from which Akhenaten derived, was more than likely around the exodus..give or take a century, lol

[@arma5166]

@@mccalltrader mate that's not the point, it's not history and of course it would not be accurate

[@wantanamera]

@@mccalltrader Exodus never happened

[@yurichtube1162]

@@mccalltrader Joseph has been thought to live 15th-16th century BC. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were all at old age when they had their respective sons. (Jacob had many kids, but not with his favourite wife Rachel. Later, she did manage to bear a son).

[@Alfruna]

I find it interesting that he was perceived by archaeologists as bizarre looking...I think he looks more human and real in those depictions than any other Pharao.

[@complimentary_voucher]

@Klaus Sperger We could stand a lot more of that today.

[@joshuaamitai]

He did look just as normal , beside his high stature and conehead ! who has never seen a guy with wide hips in everyday life ?? i see them from time to time on the streets and the low tunique he was wearing exaggerated expressed the look of his hips far more . nowadays a fashion designer would tell u what not to wear not to express wider body arts , or small statue round knee's belly's etc ; although All came to be just as HOR -Ha The elder "TEHUTI " saged in his emerald tablets talking the future faith of the land of KHAM and what happens if a land a continent is not ruled according to the laws of "THE ALL " the laws of devine ruler ship

[@watermelonlalala]

Mercury, you are nuts.

[@antoniobarbalau1107]

Thank you very much ♥️

[@Robangledorf]

While there isn't a strong case for any one direct narrative (like Moses definitely being a follower of Aten), I do think there is a reasonably strong case to be made for likely Egyptian roots of influence over early Judaism. I know you like to stay more concrete than speculative (which is something I love about this channel) but I would be extremely excited to see you dive into what we can say about this connection

[@yoldaskos2310]

fack judaizim

[@sunshinewhite7459]

Prophet yusuf a.s is the ancestor of prophet moses a.s, so there is of course will be a connection between it

[@sanitizerwilson1599]

There was NO Moses!!!!!

[@nomesa7374]

Two things always fascinated me about ancient Egyptians: 1. The detailed documentation of their civilization, which is quite unique for that time. 2. The engineering mysteries of the extra-ordinary pyramids, which are still remained a mystery (if I am correct?).

[@ParagonPKC]

As a biblical scholar and wannabe egyptologist I understand the timeline of Egypt's history as different scholars have placed it. I believe the exit of the Israelites out of Goshen during Amenhotep II's and the Hyksos Pharaoh's of Avaris did a number on Egyptian economy. Edit: The Wikipedia page of Hyksos has actually been changed to say this, contrary to Manetho's writings of them as conquerors

[@GNeves302]

It would be an interesting video, one dedicated to delving into the history of the notion of the monotheistic/polytheistic conceptual pair. As briefly broached here, it seems to me (someone without scholarly research, of course) to be a rather "abrahamic centered" notion, the application of which to many other religious creeds is not without considerable difficulty (take hinduism, for example, as mentioned in another video, or candomblé with its many orixás that are celebrated but that recognizes a single supreme creator).

[@kenrik2105]

From the Law of One 2.2: “This entity, Akhenaten, became convinced that the vibration of One was the true spiritual vibration and thus decreed the Law of One. However, this entity’s beliefs were accepted by very few. His priests gave lip service only, without the spiritual distortion towards seeking. The peoples continued in their beliefs.” Akhenaten was taught by Ra that above all gods of religion (ET) stands the One Infinite Creator from which all emerged and to which all return. The One Creator is omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient.

[@johnnewton8017]

Yes!!!! The Law of One material is mind blowing and beautiful!!!!!!

[@ClassicusHomo]

This is one highly🧠 intelligent and knowledgeable 🎓 scholar and a brilliantly📣narrated A+ quality video. Thank you, Filip Holm!

[@mightymikeamps9317]

He looks like Scottie Pippen

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[@Zoltar69]

Or Arsenio Hall, maybe. :)

[@samkoz2045]

😂

[@goddyfame3424]

She is not a man, she is a female. Her crime wasn't Monocrap, her crime was being openly gay married to a female, getting pregnant in unknown way and revolutionalizing Egyptian Social Construct. Those were her Crime and the Patriachs took extreem measures to bury her ideals. You can call her the Ancient Egyptian Feminist Leader.

[@decade0240]

@@goddyfame3424 Ew

[@FIXIDOOM]

The Religion of mysteries. Rings a bell?

[@donnaburdendip.d.analysis1227]

Great video, Thank you. Xx

[@happierabroad]

You forgot to mention that Sigmund Freud and some others believed that Moses and Akhenaten were the same person. Freud wrote a book about it called "Moses and Monotheism".

[@ericthegreat7805]

He also believed there were 2 people named moses, and the israelites killed the second one iirc

[@73tatu]

Also, Assyrian dating places Akhenaten much later around 824BC. There is extreme difficulty and controversy in comparing Egyptian dating with Assyrian dating.

[@jeevangijo1943]

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[@sami3566]

Not really

[@sandralane1923]

Wholly fascinating all of the possibilities that this information presents.

[@citizenxuniverse]

Your guna have to do a part two concerning zoroastrianism and ahura mazda,,,so you could go further back to zoroastra

[@JC-mn2ll]

Isn’t that an older monotheistic religion?

[@citizenxuniverse]

@@JC-mn2ll yes