[lbo-talk] RE: literacy

Jeffrey Fisher jfisher at igc.org
Mon Oct 20 08:55:47 PDT 2003


On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 11:42 AM, Chris Doss wrote:


>
> I think the Egyptians get dissed when discussions of the origins of
> Western Civilization take place. Akhenaton was the first montheist,
> and there's clearly a lot of Egyptian influence on the Old Testament,
> down to one of the Psalms apparently being an adaptation of
> Akhenaton's Hymn to Aton.

and your fave the song of songs, too, has its egyptian influences. i'm not arguing with you about this.


> Then there's the influence of Egyptian religion and magic on Orphism,
> Greek mystery cults, Plato...

oops. bible on the brain, right now.

j



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