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

[@veronicagrijalva-palmisano7465]

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[@ChantLightAngel]

And Simcha, keep doing great investigative journalism. Keep doing what you love, "Getting to the Bottom of things". Good job at fulfilling your dreams. Not all ppl that have worked very hard are as lucky or as able to make a big enough SPLASH to be noticed by big time producers. For me, it is probably all due to the fact that I am not a very good SMOOZER. LMAO, So, I hope to see more of your work. Love the theme song by the way to Naked Archeologist. My husband giggles everytime I sing it.

[@jacobsn2370]

I love Jacobovich's research.

[@sedwillful]

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

[@janaunvoyles4293]

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?

[@nonprogrediestregredi1711]

@@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.

[@sedwillful]

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

[@lostamericanhistory2536]

@@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.

[@barbaraolson600]

Great video, thank you to Simcha and the team. Love, light, joy and blessings to everyone always.

[@egiejhonpalce280]

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[@bethbartlett5692]

*Very Well Done! Great closing statement!* I like him as well! *This highly validates my interpretation of Akhenaten's religious intentions.* (Egyptologists have all but destroyed Akhenaten with their Creating of Myth.) I agree the Sun was symbology and representing Source/God and our shared energies/Souls. That girl has a predetermined dislike of Akhenaten. She has been highly influenced by "Mainstream Archaeology Myth". They do this to support their Darwinian Theory Paradigm.

[@cathrynharrison4734]

The bust of Nefertiti in Berlin is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen ... well worth a visit

[@walterulasinksi7031]

In your own “The Exodus Revealed” , you have altered the Timeline into the mud 16th Century BCE. So Akhenaten being in 5he 14th Century is 200 years after the Exodus. That he tried to establish monotheism in Egypt, was due to his Dynastic family being the Pharaoh that adopted Moses not the Hyksos Pharaoh of Lower Egypt( Goshen). It still is uncertain where the border between the two actually was located. And as you have pointed out, Ahmose means “the brother of Moses”. Since he was the one to finally eject the Hyksos, Circa 1500BCE that would place Exodus Circa 1545 BCE.

[@naimulhaq9626]

Concept of one god is older than Moses or Akhenaton, Abraham etc. First time this concept was proposed was by Krishna 9500 bc, who preached the Sanatan religion to the Yadava people and was a very observant philosopher and Vishnu was his god. He discovered the divine design of Vishnu, who is the cause of the evolution of the world and is the conjoined essence and object of meditative wisdom and active virtue (karma).

[@urmom3549]

Hi simicha happy to see you again

[@jvphilip]

Since Joseph's children ruled over Egypt over many years, before Moses, could it just make sense that Yuya was actually a descendant of Joseph who was an Israelite?

[@alyssasimms]

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

[@davidlancaster6941]

Frued said "It is a phallic symbol but, its also a cigar".

[@lennyjohnson5976]

Where have u been lately young man ? Good to c you back tho

[@NorceCodine]

Even more stunning is that Ekhnaton has also theorized in his "Hymn to Aten" poem that Time itself is created by the Sun, as Time is nothing else but an illusion created by the Sun moving across the horizon every day with the same speed. Modern Physics really got nothing on Ekhnaton. Mathematical language is just simple man's fascination with symbolism and equations.

[@ianhawkes2901]

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[@ianhawkes2901]

Ankhnaton

[@joshn5530]

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[@samuelortiz8814]

Thanks for what u do. Would love to see an episode of Abraham vs Gilgamesh.

[@kenhudnall1]

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[@patty5201]

Well, why doesn't anyone bring up the fact that Abraham followed the One God centuries before Moses was ever born?

[@mr.monster91666]

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 .

[@johaquila]

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.

[@mr.monster91666]

@@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?

[@johaquila]

@@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.

[@mr.monster91666]

@@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

[@Kid_Kootenay]

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[@amadeusamwater]

Note one: According to Egyptian history, the delta region was ruled for about 100 years by foreigners from the north. They were defeated and driven out in the 15th Century by a king named Ah-Mose. Note two: According to I Kings 6:1, the Exodus occurred around 1450 or so.

[@b_free]

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[@geoffrobinson7293]

Very interesting.... i enjoy your presentations. You might find it interesting to look into David Rohl's revised time line. It could shed added light into your theory.

[@KowboyUSA]

Loving these episodes!

[@jacquesalschech6485]

One small problem, the exodus claims they took the body of Joseph,,Yuya, to Israel. In Jerusalem there is a tumb believed to be Joseph. If Yuya is Joseph he can't be in two places. I think your version is best and makes the most sense.

[@alwayslearning5356]

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

[@who6184]

Baruk Haba Bashem YAHUWAH RAPHA NISSI ELOHAI TSEVA’OTH!!!!!! Shalom Mishpacha .

[@WickedFelina]

Those little hands of light were only for the Pharaoh Akenaten and his family. You got it all wrong.

[@Do-not-be-sheep]

Independent of Freud I came to the same conclusion after reading the bible and a book on ancient Egypt in the 1970 s. Since then I have come to realise that long before Moses the Persians had monotheism and worshipped Zoroaster. I believe that Zoroastrianism is the founding religion of all monotheistic religions

[@kevinfoster1138]

This is a great episode, great theory you could have gone sooo much deeper into this. Akhenaton had so much more do deal with than just changing the states religion the priests had so much power in the old religion Akhenaton had no choice but to move the capitol and install new priests. And yes definitely use Moses family.

[@bethbartlett5692]

I love Irving Finkle, PhD !

[@_John_P]

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

[@RoseSharon7777]

At this stage of the game, im sticking to what I've known for 60 years.

[@derekpennington8371]

i have long believed that Moses and Akhenaton are one and the same person,

[@bethbartlett5692]

There are several researchers that do.

[@shamounfromiraqyetsamecolo9044]

Um no.

[@shamounfromiraqyetsamecolo9044]

@@bethbartlett5692 you hats ridiculous and anti Biblical.

[@shamounfromiraqyetsamecolo9044]

Anti Biblical and pathetically stupid.

[@derekpennington8371]

@@shamounfromiraqyetsamecolo9044 you an expert then

[@kylestebbins1205]

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[@littlemissmichele9254]

So glad you're back.

[@jordenwangdi9637]

This theory sounds similar to Zoroastrian Exodus from Persia Iran to India.

[@jordenwangdi9637]

@Jill Atherton parsee are the Persian of Zoroastrian

[@chatterboxtaha6020]

I think AkhenAten was actually a follower of The High Priest of Aten who was royalty and was also descendant of The Great Hyksos Vizier (Prime Minister) who brought The Hyksos Tribe to Egypt (Joseph) This being Moses.

[@beckybrynjolfsson]

The truth, facts are found outside the bible. Thank you.

[@christinabryant1899]

Every time I see Irving Finkle, I wonder if he and Dr. Hawass get along.....are friends.....or are they oil and water? Let the record show that I am fascinated by both of them, for very different reasons.

[@mver191]

That woman is stunning.

[@reboottheroot7803]

Merari wasnt a preist( Cohen),only the sons of Aaron( sons of Kohath) were preists. Aaron was a grandson of Kohath, Kohath was a brother of Merari. The preisthood didnt even start until the 2nd generation after Merari, so Merari couldn't have been a preist

[@MH-tn3pp]

Habir (singular), Habiru (plural) : Hebrew. Habat, Habatu in Sumerian (docs apparently prouve it). There is a stone of Sethi the 1st coronation, that describe all the nations and neighbors that came to pay their tribute to the new Pharaoh. It’s clearly said that they are the only non ethnic group but a group of marginals, from all the ethnies in the region. Habiru means the stranglers because being poor they were carrying ropes as arms. They still wear ropes today. Richer populations/nations had swords, arcs, arrows…

[@LegoTheCOOL]

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[@cheefsmokealot4479]

I think the Hebrews in Egypt worshiping One God was the influence and the inspiration for pharoh Akhenaten to convert to worshiping One God. It’s admitted after 5 years of his reign pharoh Akhenaten converted to worship One God. In typical Egyptian fashion, Akhenaten worshiped One God, but as represented by the sun. It’s obvious pagan Egyptians were influenced by the Hebrews worshiping One God and living among them.

[@victorrusin7602]

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[@WickedFelina]

Why do people leave out extremely important parts of the Akhenaten story? Bricks from Armana thrown 8m pylons built buy Horenheb. He was the general of the military who took over Egypt after Aiye the pharaoh who took over after died. On the bricks you will see the guards or Military men, holding weapons hiding around a corner listening to the people. Poor citizens in conversation. The pounced and beat them, arrested them if they were found speaking against the Pharaoh. Ancient form of Communism and NSA. Also for the 1st time we see the people having to grovel on the ground, kissing the dirt before Akenaten and Nefertiti. You were not allowed to pray to the Aten. Only Akenaten and Nefertiti could. What Akenaten did was remove all the gods and goddesses who were the sons and daughters of the Aten and put his own family there instead. He was NOT a monothiest at all. He ans his family on earth were gods. If he was Jewish he was a heretic and very cruel king.

[@WickedFelina]

@@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.

[@bethbartlett5692]

I like Akhenaten too. I've never reasoned he was doing other than using the Sin as symbologyb, after all he was in Egypt.

[@Wes_vin]

I love the research and attitude vibe I get from the video’s Here is something for you to think about back 300 BC the Chinese was known to travel through the mountains and deserts as they made there way to the Egyptian territory and into Israel for trading of furs and other precious minerals and objects that they had had it’s a great belief that Egyptians come from Chinese as well as history in Israel I believe we are misinterpreting on the proper pronouns of history

[@mediocrates3416]

There is a meditative experience that grounds human spirituality; a flash of light and a week of visions: "Walking with the Great Spirit" and such; ignorance of it makes understanding difficult. Zoroaster had such an experience so, that'd be the first unity structure.

[@jacobsn2370]

Jesus was born , raised ,died and buried as a Jew and never asked anyone to worship him. The Christian bible cannot be the final word

[@sedwillful]

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

[@noneshere]

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.

[@sedwillful]

@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?

[@sedwillful]

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.

[@sedwillful]

@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

[@Downlead]

There were monotheists and prophets long before Akhenaten. It's very ridiculous to think him as the inventor of monotheism.

[@brunoonoahu]

Maybe Moses and Akhenaton are the same person. Oh, and by the way.....Michelle is stone-cold Smokeshow

[@clairebarrett3048]

Don't be rude

[@walterulasinksi7031]

The Aten symbol was to represent the unknowable nature of a God as even if it could not be known, everyone could feel the power of the Sun and the Egyptians were accustomed to having a physical representation of a God.

[@mesinjah]

But the nature of God is knowable.

[@walterulasinksi7031]

@@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.

[@davesky538]

Spot on!

[@cleverfitz779]

Good morning everyone

[@honoriswithin]

Well....no surprise when Akhenaten, and family, where "Hiksos" rulers meaning "foreigner" this isn't new news

[@theautoman22]

It’s hard to believe the Moses story since his birth story is a copy of the earlier Sargon of Akkad.

[@user-ri1ti6go7s]

Very Interesting

[@mixedup2917]

The Episode was cool especially if it's your first encounter with The Mose/Akhenaten theory ... The conclusion of the episode makes no sense at all 😁😂🤣🤣

[@cnpf312]

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.

[@mixedup2917]

@@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

[@cnpf312]

@@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.

[@mixedup2917]

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

[@mrPCEmilkman]

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.

[@beckybrynjolfsson]

You know Hollywood has information on Egypt and the pharaohs. They know already.

[@jeraldbaxter3532]

Can anyone tell me the title of the movie used, and is it on KZbin?

[@KaLaEntertainment369]

I m really impressed & Appreciate your investigation so I do want to suggest you to research about Buddhism (since 2500 years ) before then the Christians and Muslim because the mythology's are similar and also about lord Shiva Hinduism it's may connected with each other so many conflicts that was happening in this world about religions

[@bethbartlett5692]

There are History Researchers who believe they are the same "Moses and Akhenaten" I feel Akhenaten was teaching similar to Jesus, pre-Constatine, Original Teachings, more Gnostic. But remember, Jesus was a Practicing Jew, in good standing, and he was not peddling a new Religion. Constatine did that. He was not worshiping the Sun, he used it as an analogy to Source. What ethnic heritage was Moses?

[@BossHossStudios]

Only problem is Moses is far older than Aknaten

[@paulnicholson7614]

There is strong evidence that Joseph and the exodus happened during the Middle kingdom. (around 2055 BC - around 1650 BC). Akhenaton lived 1353 -1334 BC. That would place Akhenaton about 300 years after the exodus.

[@nonprogrediestregredi1711]

Citation needed.

[@c.c.c.7756]

You didn't pay attention to the video

[@revminTphresh]

moses was akhenaten's eldest son: tutmoses

[@debbiedotodo]

I've always intertained the idea that after the raft of God in Egypt to free the Israelites that they were a changed people and saw the one true God and of course their city was destroyed by the 10 plagues sent by God. So it makes sense why they relocated and built-in a different area

[@EVtripper]

I love Irving Finkel!!!

[@sonofiouiya7362]

The mummy known as Yuya is actually King Ay.

[@brianlenehan9055]

You missed joseph's influence, the number two behind the pharoh, and a monotheistic hebrew, i think about 400 years before ahkenaton. I wonder how you missed that. I appreciate your show a lot btw.

[@queenbeedat8726]

Good theory. They are related no doubt. However, worship of the Aten was practiced in the early Egyptian dynasties. Aten is a very old God. How do you explain that? The early Aten followers left Egypt and became the Haibiru? Maybe.....

[@HAPPYMEGALO]

how to be a famous archeologist start treating " holy books " full of fairytales as a real document and make everyone forget that you are a only movie maker

[@drewharrison6433]

Yeah.. on KZbin anyway.. I remain unconvinced of this explanation.

[@kauffner]

We have no basis to say what Moses believed, or whether or not he was monotheistic. There is no Hebrew writing that goes back to his time. There are several polytheistic verses in the Old Testament. Monotheism did not become a mainstream position until Ezra's time (480-440 BC). Akhenaton (r. 1353-1336 BC) was a guy who believed in one god, but the category of monotheism did not exist in his time. The religion of Aton-worship died out almost immediately after he died. His memory was systematically erased. The idea that he was a kind of monotheistic rebel originated with American archeologist James Henry Breasted at the end of the nineteenth century.

[@robinlillian9471]

Not all semites are/were monotheists. The Canaanites had a pantheon of gods, the Elohim, and Yahweh was only El's son. Habiru originally meant wanderer/nomad. The "my god is better than your god" competition is NOT monotheism, because if there is only one god, there is no competition.

[@icebox9339]

Basically the Bible has been accurate this entire time.

[@whidoineedthis]

He finally interviewed a hot chick

[@concernedcitizen780]

Interesting. For real? Well not clear. Interesting anyway. We always wonder what influences Egypt had on Moses. There were Arks in Egypt. Did Moses adapt any Egyptian things? This would be an interesting discussion. To much speculation

[@bethbartlett5692]

Zoroastrianism was truly the 1st monotheistic Religion.

[@zenferg]

Heres a thought,Maybe Akhenaten learned about the Hyksos and thier or some of thems religion.And Liked what he heard.And for the religious leaders it was bad that he started following another religion But absolutely terrible that it was a religion of a group that took over the north of Egypt.

[@googleisslime8075]

Why did they do allot of voice overs in these older biblical movies???

[@karenstone871]

Love his show

[@anarojas1210]

Akhenaton had sex with his first daughter and she died giving birth. It is just disgusting.

[@drpsionic]

It must have been on hell of a rush to be an Egyptian when Akhenaton was overthrown. They got their country back, their gods back and their freedom back.

[@Rushopium]

I can always say too that Yuya is yehia ! 🤷‍♂️

[@skepticalbaby7300]

This is such poor argumentation that it is such awful scholarship. 1. He starts with the assumption that biblical dates are true. There's no evidence for Solomons temple let alone solomon himself. The exodus story has hundreds of thousands of just warriors leaving Egypt. 70 people arrived and in four generations they became hundreds of thousands? And I should take dates as true? That's preposterous. 2. Did Moses even exist? We have a recorded historical figure in Akhenaton versus a non-historical figure. B4 you can say who came first, u must first prove Moses existence and when. This archeologist does neither. 3. He doesn't show that the habiru were monotheistic. It is just hebrew=monotheistic like that is a law of nature or something. 4. He doesn't show that the habiru actually conquered Canaan. Has he ever heard of raids? Raids from the desert don't ipso facto mean conquest. 5. Akhenaten was 1/4 Israelite, but 3/4 egyptian. Just because his grandpa was Israelite doesn't mean he no longer identifies as egyptian and would give away part of his ksuckered. And the canaanites were subject kings. 6. If he was ideological buddies with the habiru, then why not just settle them on egyptian territory of which Palestine was a part? Why not entreat with the habiru as fellow believers? So it was a one way street with the most powerful person in the world treated as a sucker. 7. Are there any other reasonable explanations for a lack of response? Rebellions elsewhere? Another war? Did other kings write about being attacked by other tribes and akhenaten didn't respond? 8. The Meriri evidence could as easily be proof that the Levi started as an egyptian priesthood. 9. There is no proof that Yuyu was a monotheist. He had yahweh in his name but so what? That doesn't make him an automatic monotheist. Bottom line: Akhenaten existed and was a monotheist. There is no proof of a Moses (egyptian name by the way). So unless one can show that Moses existed and was a monotheist then Akhenaten is the first monotheist. Given the close connection between egypt and Canaan, it is reasonable to assume that this monotheistic idea spread to Canaan from egypt. Is it possible that it independently developed in Canaan? Yes. But humans are lazy and would rather borrow ideas then create them on their own.

[@robertkinslow8953]

Menotep? King Tuts dad attempted to make it the religeon. But it was removed.

[@paulnicholson7614]

Akhenaton asked for glassware. Ancient Israelites were the biggest glass makers in the world at the time. So this would have been an insult to the Canaanites.

[@debbiemarquis3231]

Some scientists believe Moses and Akhenaten are one and the same..

[@Uniqp23]

It means yuya grandfather of Akhenaten and Akhenaten were Hyksos pharoahs.

[@kareno7848]

With all due resepct. Monotheism is the oldest religion. Check out the ANTHROPOLOGY on this. The most culturally "primitive" tribes in Australia believe in one and only one God who is wise and good. There is an interesting book called the "Oera Linda book" It's fascinating. It purports to be prediluvian. It's about a Germanic family. It's a matriarchal culture that is monotheistic. It explains that cities created polytheism to generate money. It's also a maritime culture. Don't dismiss it. Read it. It also explains that the original one language was deliberately adulterated into other languages by people creating secret languages so they could lie.

[@arnoldmaglalang5522]

Canaan which is modern day Africa is next to Egypt

[@jdaze1]

All empires study the same stars, moon, and sun and thier circuits. They all put thier own spin what God wrote in the heavens.

[@jsphfalcon]

It would be cool to get a DNA sample of Yuya

[@darenromeo9527]

Yuya was i think Abraham and one further Moses was Akhenaton and he was literate for having been instituted in pharaonic studies Boom

[@konjura6484]

It always erks my bones when I see Rameses depicted as the pharoah of the Exodus hes no saint but its not his style... Some really cool evidence that it all was in the 18th dynasty! Everything realistic points to it. One of the coolest theories would be if Moses' was pulled out of the water by Hatshepsut. There's a drawing on a wall of a little dude related to her named Wadjmose if he was a son of Pharoah Tutmose 1 why didn't he become king why does he disappear. He was a prince, his name was even in a cartouche... Why does the Bible call Bethia an Egyptian princess a Hebrew name? What if that is Neferure? Too old to be the woman who pulled him out of the water if moses is 80... so what if it was her daughter Nefurure?

[@jimscarpetrescue5518]

Aton, AkhetAton,

[@HiggsBosonBlues2020]

If Akhenaten was 13th century bc and simcha himself has established that mosses lived during 16th century bc santorini volcanic eruption, then moses prefates akhenaten, so why is he saying what he is saying? Did he not know yet about moses while making this?

[@theomnisthour6400]

All spiritual revelation is the flawed personal interpretation of what is a logically consistent system of spiritual science based on the process of reincarnation and karma to allow each soul to reveal to themselves their self-chosen nature and if they choose, eventually become the messiah of their own godhood. The greatest challenge comes at the point an individual soul feels they are ready to tackle a messiah life - incarnating as the messiah of their chosen godhood and being challenged to defend their faith in an incarnation particularly suited to challenging their worthiness of godhood to the core. Most end up trying to selfishly monopolize and monetize their messiah idea, showing character flaws that are inconsistent with advancing to godhood in the spiritual realm. Sometimes the idea is good enough that it is allowed to take hold of some group of souls to grow and evolve into something useful to other souls as inspiration or object lessons to other souls. Few of the true prophets of religion are even known to humanity, having been wiped from the tomes of history and faith for the parts of their message that challenged existing or emerging systems of materialist control. Viewed in this light, all fundamentalist messianic or prophetic monotheism misses fundamental truths behind the messiah system of soul evolution that drives the evolution of both the heavens and the physical realms. As science and spirituality move closer together and define new language and concepts to describe truth, the old dogmas of both spirituality and science will crumble before the light of evolving truth that none can deny without growing cognitive dissonance. Yes, there is a God, a first soul, a first disembodied consciousness. No, he is not an authoritarian micromanaging dictator of heaven, but only the senior creator of the most perfect Republic of creative spiritual scientists, artists, and administrators yet evolved through scientific trial and error. The only power the first creator retained in beginning to birth his first children was the right of any parent to cancel their creation, accepting the karma of such a monumental parental decision. God has not had to exercise the parental power of veto in a long long time, leaving it to naughty children to learn the hard lessons of rash decisions to terminate or silence children, relatives, friends, and forgotten acquaintances in their fear, blind anger or self-righteousness as they struggle to learn to be responsible gods.

[@janedeloatch9939]

Abraham brought monotheism

[@nonprogrediestregredi1711]

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.

[@JesusIsaFlatEarther]

@@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?

[@nonprogrediestregredi1711]

@@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.

[@JesusIsaFlatEarther]

@@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.

[@adilaltafhussain9082]

Prophet joseph spread monotheism in Egypt, accepted by akhenaten