Egyptian Mythology

Egyptian mythology seems strange to me. But, it gives historical artefacts and context to the Biblical Poetry.

1. Showing the Bible is Authentic to its time period; because the diction of Egyptian Mythology looks like the Bible's in Exodus, showing a Man of Egyptian Royal Education wrote it.
2. And that the Bible's prophecies are a polemic against what conversations Israel and Egyptians were having; much like our conversations today. Prophecy had the Character of Ancient Apologetics.

Egyptian mythology is schizophrenic. Probably some of the least cogent mythology. It just interests me for historical artefacts. to help me understand Biblical Poetry.

For instance, an idol was venerated for its wont to cause the Nile to dry and cause famines. Like that in Joseph's day. But Joseph correctly prophesied the famine, and so they stored grains, showing yet again,. the Bible gets true geographic information. And the famine lasted 7 years. I find this fascinating. Joseph would live 400 years before Amenhotep III, in 1730BC. This famine occurred in the III Egyptian Dynasty, 2500BC, before the flood. Around the time of Naqad.

Yet, we see the geographical propensity for famine, which Joseph prophesied. These 7 year famines have a propensity to happen, it seems, once a millennium. Yet, one sees again Pharaoh, the Nile Dragon, talked about and mocked, in Ezekiel. Also, a command in Genesis, that men, by acting on divine guidance, produce remedies for disasters; which Joseph may have been given this vision to avert the belief in pagan idols, and establish divine authority over even the Pharaohs and the Egyptian gods.

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