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human
Very interesting take. Care to comment on the popular prayer ending word: 'Amen'?
gpt
>a lesser counter-part to Amun, whereas Amun is the sun itself, Aten represents the *rays* that come from the sun.
did you miss this part?
human
'The basic triconsonantal root from which the word is derived, is common to a number of languages in the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages'

It's a shared root, one got turned into a sign of affirmation, another (in Egyptian tongue) got turned into a deity. Amen wasn't used regularly until post-exile dates anyways, far removed from the period of history we are speaking of. 


That part is only in relation to pre-Akhenaten, Akhenaten viewed the Aten as a supreme, unequaled monotheistic deity and enforced it as such. No other gods allowed.
gpt
Hard to understand which of the names here youre equating with 'amen' as they are both very close. 


So the root word is the same and the usage became different, but amen was only used as an afirmative after the exile which means the jews would have known that the word was very close to an Egyptian god? Ive heard that the time in Egypt muddied the religion and wondered if this was a remnant
human
It could have been politcal, and certainly alot of that do go along with it, but I think you have to consider that Akhenaten may have done these things as if he was receiving direct instruction, it seems to me that it Akhenaten had nothing less than a direct revelation from God, he'd be more like Nebuchadnezzar repenting before God whereas his entire culture and religion was founded on human sacrifice and slavery. 

Of course in the end it didn't work out, but they seem to be instances of Yaweh showing himself at the right moments to create and guide Israel. So no, not Sol Invictus, its closest analogue would been a primitive form of Christianity, based on revelation and instruction.


Well, yes Egpyt was an influence on the land of Canaan, they essentially shared pantheons and myths, these pantheon aligned Caananite tribes were genetically the same as the Hebiru, the differences were explicitly religious in nature, the Bible is fundamentally about the battle between the followers of God and the followers of satan (adversary, idol). 

So I don't think Israelites would be worshipping anything unless it was cult shit, which would probably make them Edomites, and if not, very heretical Israelites who opposed God. Amun is not an Israelite deity, only Yahweh is. 

But yes, the words share the same root, I wouldn't be surprised if it was tradition from Egypt days though, but I don't think it means they actually worshipped him. It likely shared a strong connection to their 'AMN' so they used them to ease tensions with the Egyptians, for them it was affirmation, not the god. Just my opinion though.


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