Just another Hebrew pharaoh
John Kaminski
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http://www.egyptcx.netfirms.com/augustine_cx_before_christ_egypt_origin.htm
This includes Krishna of India (1200 B.C.E.), Tammuz of Syria (1160 B.C.E.), Iao of Nepal (622 B.C.E.), Quetzalcoatl of Mexico (587 B.C.E.), Mithra of Persia (600 B.C.E.) and others. Jesus of Nazareth of Hebraic folklore would be the most recent addition to this pantheon. Famous the world over is the statue and picture of Ausar/Osiris, Auset/Isis and the infant Heru/Horus. This version of Auset and Heru would become the model for Mary and Jesus throughout the Christian world.
While the west was immersed in the Dark Ages, where few could read or write, and even fewer bathed and none practiced hygiene, Islam promoted literacy and cleanliness.
Redford, a Canadian Egyptologist who is a professor of classics at Princeton University, is the author of the landmark text, Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times (1992). Thompson, founder of what is today known as the Copenhagen School, was an American professor who was driven out of the U.S. by the religious establishment for his unbiased observations about the fictionality of the Old Testament.
Craig Lyons is the compiler of his fantastic library of religious history, the extent of which can be observed at http://www.egyptcx.netfirms.com/cover_page_egyptian_christianity.htm
Snail mail: Bet Emet Ministries, Craig M. Lyons, 902 Cardigan, Garland, TX 75040.Feb. 16, 2011