30 Sep 2024 The Rise of Monotheism in the Ancient Near East By Aleksa Vučković History & Tradition 0 For centuries, our distant ancestors believed in a plethora of gods and goddesses, having a close relationship with the nature around them and personifying many natural occurrences. But there were some civilizations that moved past that... Read More
16 Sep 2020 Early Jewish Monotheism and Egyptian Atenism – One And The Same? By tedloukes History & Tradition 1 The religious influences upon both Akhenaten and his brother Tuthmose from the temples of Heliopolis went a long way in fashioning their comparative belief systems. By encouraging the older solar beliefs, the priests of Iunu opened up the world of... Read More
24 Nov 2017 Understanding the Monotheism of Akhenaten: Solar Disc Thrust into Eternal Darkness–Part II By anand balaji History & Tradition 0 At first glance it appears as though Pharaoh Akhenaten is someone whom one would describe as a textbook monotheist, but are we missing the plot? Apart from Amun (and later, Osiris) the king doesn’t seem to have come down heavily on other deities... Read More
22 Nov 2017 Understanding the Monotheism of Akhenaten: Decay of a Dream and the Final Curtain Call–Part I By anand balaji History & Tradition 0 Pharaoh Akhenaten has been revered and reviled in equal measure for unleashing his religious policy of one god, the Aten sun disc. But, was the king a monotheist in letter and spirit – one who proscribed the worship of not merely the state god... Read More