How do christians explain the similarities between the ten. Obadele kambon has referred to the bible as a false book wholly based on plagiarized texts, lies and deceit. The ten commandments didnt come from the egyptian book of the dead. The bible was copied from the egyptian book of the dead dr. I have a feeling some of them are missing from egyptian lore, namely the commandment thou shalt have no other gods before me. If anyone that you know has gotten involved in the new alternative african. Jul 15, 2017 there is reason to seriously consider at least 8 of the christian ten commandments were based on maat or maat, an ancient ethical and moral principle that every egyptian citizen was expected to follow throughout their daily lives. It is used as argument against christianity by skeptics trying to prove that our father, son, and holy spirit, are the spiritual characters of the ancient egyptians.
The ten commandments comes from the egyptian book of the. Aug 5, 2014 the ten commandments and the egyptian book of the dead. Egyptian book of the dead ancient history encyclopedia. Were the ten commandments actually copied from the. The twelve commandments and the egyptian book of the dead. According to john taylor, curator of the egyptian book of the dead exhibit at the british museum, the text consists of a number of magic spells intended to assist a dead persons journey through the duat, or. The 10 commandments and the egyptian book of the dead exit.
Why would god tell his children not to consult with the dead and then get his ten holy commandments from the book of the dead. At that time also, there were ten 10 categories of sins. Moses and akhenaten provides a radical challenge to longstanding beliefs concerning the origin of semitic religion and the puzzle of akhenatens deviation from ancient egyptian tradition. Ellen lloyd according to biblical scholars, the ten commandments were written by god upon two tablets of stone and then given to moses on mount sinai. Are the 10 commandments taken from the egyptian book of.
The twelve commandments and the egyptian book of the dead book summary. He shows that even the ten commandments betray the direct influence of spell 125 in the egyptian book of the dead. The ten commandments and the egyptian book of the dead. At this point, we may recall the teachings of jesus where he told us that the law given by moses was actually not the entire law. These commandments are taken from the egyptian book of the dead written centuries before the story of moses and his encounter with god this is one of many examples of the claim.
If this is your first time here, please read the comment policy so that you understand the guidelines for commenting here. The ten commandments, eight of them at least, were taken from the egyptian principles of maat written at least 2000 years earlier. The ontario consultants on religious tolerance website attempts to make a case that the ten commandments were plagiarized from the egyptian book of the dead. Were the ten commandments actually copied from the egyptian. Dec 11, 2008 the film comments, and as far as the ten commandments, they are taken outright from spell 125 of the egyptian book of the dead. A comparison of the book of the dead text with the version of the ten commandments found in exodus 20. Hood, the decalogue and the egyptian book of the dead, australian journal of jewish. The book of the dead is an ancient egyptian funerary text generally written on papyrus and. In this series, i will be spending some time refuting the assertion that the ten commandments originated from the egyptian book of the dead more specifically, from the negative confession in the papyrus of ani. As the religious tradition of christmas approaches, this article seeks to unlock the mystery behind the origin of the eurochristian ten commandments that moses was supposed to have received from god on mount sinai. The book of the covenant may well have many similarities with mesopotamian codes, but the document that is at the heart of the covenant, the decalogue, 17 is closer to the egyptian mindset, and chapter 125 of the book of the dead in particular.
The ten commandments, given to the children of israel at mt sinai, is a historically situated document. Its origins substantially belong to an innovative period in egyptian history, the eighteenth dynasty, 3 in which the gods were felt to be closer to human experience than ever before. If anyone that you know has gotten involved in the new alternative african spirituality and they now claim that jesus christ, the gospel, the holy scriptures, and the christian faith are pagan spinoffs of ancient egyptian mythology you might want to listen to this podcast episode. Thus, the categories of sins that moses, the afrikan, used as the basis to formulate the socalled ten commandments already existed. Was the ten commandment plagiarized from the egyptian book of. First, the egyptian book of the dead was considered to be the bible of ancient egypt and was therefore treated with great respect and consideration. The version below comes from the book of the dead of nu, on a papyrus now preserved in the british museum ea 10477 the letter n alone stands for the name of the individual, written out in full in the original manuscripts. Are the ten commandments based on the fortytwo principles. The ten commandments and the egyptian book of the dead part 1 the introduction. The ten commandments and the egyptian book of the dead part. The ancient egyptian religion taught that person had to undergo trials after death as they proceeded towards the underworld.
The ten commandments comes from the egyptian book of the dead 1. A serious obstacle is that nobody on the planet translates egyptian hieroglyphs correctly. The ten commandments and the egyptian book of the dead part 1 the introduction welcome to exit churchianity. As an egyptian prince, had moses existed he likely would have been aware of this given the extensive contact ancient greece and egypt had with each other. Is the negative confession in the egyptian book of the dead the source for seven of the ten mosaic commandments. Download the egyptian book of the dead full pdf ebook. As the ancient egyptian book of the dead can be consider the forefather of the bible and quran, correspondingly the 42 negative confessions can be considered the forefather of the law of moses and especially of the ten commandments. More specifically, i will be responding to the erroneous claim that the ten commandments originated from the egyptian book of the dead. According to him, biblical concepts, doctrines and text were copied from theegyptian pyramid text, the cof. Were the ten commandments taken from the egyptian book of the. The egyptian book of the dead is a collection of spells which enable the soul of the deceased to navigate the afterlife.
Book is the closest term to describe the loose collection of. I have not increased nor diminished the measure, i have not diminished the palm. The book of the dead was a compilation of 42 egyptian negative commandments that a pharaoh had to answer negatively to in order to enter heaven, a process begun as early as 4100bc. While the ten commandments of jewish and christian ethics are rules of conduct laid down by a perceived divine revelation, the negative. Are the ten commandments taken from the fortytwo precepts. Comparing another translation of the book with the king james version of exodus.
Interestingly, there is some discussion as to whether the ten commandments of the bible were inspired by commands in the book of the dead. The twelve commandments and the egyptian book of the dead author. Specifically, there is a section known as the papyrus of ani, in which a person entering the underworld gives a negative confession statements are made as to what the individual has not done, such as committing murder or stealing property. This event is supposed to have happened around the th or 14th century bc. Actually, only six of the ten commandments deal with an individuals moral conduct, which comes as a surprise to most christians. It contains all of the information that is needed for the spirit of someone who has died to get through the trials and tests and emerge to their afterlife.
The 42 commandments of ancient egypt the ten commandments, eight of them at least, were taken from the egyptian principles of maat written at least 2000 years earlier. Written at least 2,000 years before the ten commandments of moses, the 42 principles of maat are one of africas oldest moral and spiritual instructions. The decalogue and the egyptian book of the dead by hood. At this point, we may recall the teachings of jesus where he told us that the law given by moses was actually not. The fortytwo precepts of maat are a list of principles named after an ancient egyptian goddess of truth, justice, and order. The book of the dead is the common name for the ancient egyptian funerary texts known as the book of coming or going forth by day. But the book of the dead was written by ancient prophets as a liturgy of commandments and ordinances that must be observed in order to be saved. The ten commandments comes from the egyptian book of the dead. The 10 commandments and the egyptian book of the dead. The ancient egyptian book of the dead is part of the egyptian religion. Apr 03, 2017 mythic s1 e14 the egyptian book of the dead. Except for the first two commandments, we find the same moral rules in the hebrew bible that are also found in the egyptian hieroglyphic writings. The ten commandments appear twice in the hebrew bible. The name book of the dead was the invention of the german egyptologist karl richard lepsius, who published a selection of some texts in 1842.
Many religious liberals, historians, and secularists have concluded that the hebrew scriptures ten commandments. To refute one specific false claimthe claim that the ten commandments originated from the egyptian book of the dead. General sins against people crimes against a person crimes against the gods. Are the ten commandments taken from the fortytwo precepts of maat. The egyptian book of the dead is another debate for christian apologists. The socalled book of the dead is probably the most famous collection of texts from ancient egypt.
Hieroglyphs and passages have been found on the walls of many burial tombs. The book of the dead consists of funerary texts and magic spells meant to aid the dead through a difficult journey to the afterlife. The 10 commandments were lifted from the egyptian book of the dead. Dec 29, 2008 two other versions of the ten commandments can be found in the old testament. The precepts of maat are found in inscriptions in tombs and on some papyrus records.
It served as a symbol of gods guidance and presence with his people ten commandments. Some historianshave argued that the ten commandments originated from ancient egyptian religion, and postulate that the biblical jews borrowed the concept after their exodus c. First off, the egyptian book of the dead dates to the beginning of the new kingdom, which is around 1,500 years older than christianity not 5,000 years. Liberation philosophy from the buddha to omar khayyam mostafa vaziri.
The original egyptian name for the text, transliterated rw nw prt m hrw, is translated as book of coming forth by day or book of emerging forth into the light. The hebrew ten commandments and egyptian book of the dead are considered very different religious texts. Notes this material may be protected by law title 17 u. There seems to be a similarity between the moral codes of the ancient egyptians and the early israelites. The bible was copied from the egyptian book of the dead. The ten categories of sins in ancient kemet egypt are as follows. Was the ten commandment plagiarized from the egyptian book.
The ten commandments and the book of the dead both came from the same inspired source. If anyone that you know has gotten involved in the new alternative african spirituality and. Therefore, in the books of exodus and deuteronomy, the ten commandments hold a vital position in the ethical system of judaism, christianity, and islam. Are the ten commandments based on the fortytwo principles of. Oct 19, 20 but it seems so strange that we are suppose to accept the ten commandments as original, when moses, a high ranking prince had to flee after murdering a mere slave overseer. One version, in exodus 20, differs slightly from the deuteronomy version, while a third, in exodus 34, is wildly different, containing commandments about sacrifices and offerings and ending with the teaching. Ten commandments biblical studies oxford bibliographies. According to egyptian religion, a dead persons soul is weighed against a feather on the scale of maat. The origin of this group of beliefs is very old, and they appear for the first. Chapter 125 is famous in modern studies of ancient egypt for its tabulated denials of wrongdoing the negative confession, chapter 125b, and for the. How come the 10 commandments came from the egyptian book. The book of the dead was a compilation of 42 egyptian negative commandments that a pharaoh had to answer negatively to in order to enter heaven. To explain why the egyptian book of the dead actually demonstrates mans need for a savior and the necessity of christs redemptive work on the cross and the gospel message. The ancient egyptian religion taught that person had to undergo trials after death as they proceeded.
Apr 05, 2008 according to god john hagee he says the greek is the most exact language on earth, and since the greeks got their bible interpetation from the egyptians, then the book of the dead must over rule the kjv im not really sure thats a question youll have to take up with the little round man hagee, but if hes right then the egyptian book of the dead is the precise word of god. Hymn to osiris homage to thee, osiris, lord of eternity, king of the gods, whose names are manifold, whose forms are holy, thou being of hidden form in the temples, whose ka is holy. A lecturer at the institute of african studies of the university of ghana, dr. The morals in the 10 commandments are taken from the egyptian book of the dead. Pdf the twelve commandments and the egyptian book of the. The egyptian forty two commandments maat right and truth long before the so called ten commandments the ancient egyptian developed the highest and most sophisticated cosmic law till our modern times, the egyptian commandments included rape and forced sex and harming beasts and animals and much more. Ten commandments the dead, egyptian book of the hebrew bible, ancient egypt and thessalonians thomas, gospel of tobit twelve prophets, book of the ugarit virtues and vices. An in depth study of the twelve commandments and their supposed relationship with ancient egyptian papyri. The film comments, and as far as the ten commandments, they are taken outright from spell 125 of the egyptian book of the dead. Next, in the torah there are actually 6 commandments and the book of the dead certainly does not cover or mimic anywhere near all of these.
Were the ten commandments taken from the egyptian book of. I think pretty much all of us here are familiar with the 10 commandments sent forth by god and given. I will be speaking on attacks in the form of misinformation being launched against the christian faith in. Are the ten commandments taken from the fortytwo precepts of. Egyptian book of the dead 42 negative confessions house. There are a lot of issues here, so ill tackle them one by one. All of the commandments of any real value came directly from spell 125 of the book of the dead. The ten commandments given by god to moses on the top of mount sinai are clearly set in an egyptian tradition and would seem to have common roots with the egyptian book of the dead. Ten of these were pinched by the freed clergy of the judeans in ba. The original egyptian name for the text, transliterated rw nw prt m hrw, 2 is translated as book of coming forth by day 3 or book of emerging forth into the light. The book of the dead is a series of rites, prayers, and myths containing the egyptian beliefs about the afterlife. I will tell you this though, the bibles ten commandments that teach us were written by the finger of god, does not say kill, but murder maybe that will be your guide to some egyptian book of the dead.
A guidebook for the underworld tejal gala duration. Even the big 10 where in the book of the dead does it mention the one and only true god of noah and abraham men who already knew all these social laws from very long before the book of the dead. Obviously the ancient egyptians had a law similar to the sixth commandment if a prince had to flee for his life after killing a lowly citizen. Many religious liberals, historians, and secularists have concluded that the hebrew scriptures ten commandments were based on this earlier document, rather than viceversa. The book of dead and the ten commandments free essays. Book of the dead chapter 125a chapter 125 is famous in modern studies of ancient egypt for its tabulated denials of wrongdoing the negative confession, chapter 125b, and for the illustration that generally accompanies the composition, depicting the weighing of the heart of the dead individual in the presence of the god osiris, ruler of the.
If this is your first time here, please read the comment policy so that you understand the guidelines for commenting here in this series, i will be spending some time refuting the assertion that the ten commandments originated from the egyptian book of the deadmore specifically, from the negative confession in the papyrus of ani. Some critics of the bible claim that the ten commandments were not original with moses or with moses god but were plagiarized from the fortytwo precepts of maat. What the book of the dead phrased i have not stolen became thou shall not steal, i have not killed became thou shall not kill, i have not told lies became thou shall not bare false witness and so forth. Hi all, fascinating that many cultures recognized the dangers of greed and as we became secular that is what weve literally built the modern world with, greed. Mar 04, 2018 the title of the video is selfexplanatory. Mar 18, 2017 interestingly, there is some discussion as to whether the ten commandments of the bible were inspired by commands in the book of the dead. What is interesting is that the ten commandments are very similar to the 42 principles of maat that appeared at least 2,000 earlier. Sep 14, 2015 as the ancient egyptian book of the dead can be consider the forefather of the bible and quran, correspondingly the 42 negative confessions can be considered the forefather of the law of moses and especially of the ten commandments. But it seems so strange that we are suppose to accept the ten commandments as original, when moses, a high ranking prince had to flee after murdering a mere slave overseer.
Holy tuesday i am new here, hope to learn and grow with allofyou. The book of the dead is an ancient egyptian funerary text generally written on papyrus and used from the beginning of the new kingdom around 1550 bce to around 50 bce. The book of the dead often presented with the subtitle the papyrus of ani. Aug, 2019 there are a lot of issues here, so ill tackle them one by one. Did you know that 9 of the ten commandments appear in the.
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