The Egyptian versions stories were around long before the bible version. Plagiarism? Coincidence?
2006-09-25 02:59:53 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Egyptians probably stole it from the Sumarians anyway.
2006-09-25 03:01:47 · answer #1 · answered by lenny 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the Bible is the inspired Word of God. There are even alot of versions of the story of the great flood. Take The Epic of Gilgamesh as an example. Everyone didn't read or have books back then. Information was passed down by word of mouth. Seth...Set...that's no big deal. My grandmother's name was granny, so is mine. Doesn't mean I plagiarized her name does it?
2006-09-25 03:11:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Much of the prehistorical material from the Bible is from a shared Semitic tradition. Most ancient Near-East peoples had a flood myth, for instance. Likewise, most had a creation narrative, as well (and those Hebrews had TWO!!). The Egyptians and Hebrews probably had some sort of connection in their oral tradition, so the coincidence (if it is a coincidence; I don't know paleo-Hebrew or ancient Egyptian semantics well enough to say myself) is meaningful.
2006-09-25 03:07:58 · answer #3 · answered by David W 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Judaism is an offshoot of the Babylonian religion which itself had thousands of years to develop and it shares many similarities to the Egyptian religion. Ancient Egyptian and Babylonian (Akkadian) are in the same language family. Historical evidence holds that The middle east was the first exit out of Africa therefore everything is of African origination. All of our anscestors practiced some sort of belief similar to the Egyptian/Babylonian religions.
2006-09-25 03:03:57 · answer #4 · answered by King of Babylon 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All we know is that Seth took the place of ABEL the good son, that was the son God was proud of: after his wicked brother CAIN KILLED HIM BECAUSE he was jealous of him. I don't know about this Egyptian stuff, it has nothing to do with the word of GOD.. iF IT IS NOT IN THE holy bible I don't belive it. If it is not in the bible it is man made up mess.
2006-09-25 03:14:01 · answer #5 · answered by littlecwoman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many stories in the bible taken from earlier civilizations like the Egyptians. Even the flood story.
2006-09-25 03:06:33 · answer #6 · answered by tammidee10 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No coincidence. Everyone came from Adam and Eve, even the Egyptians. They were retelling stories they heard about the Creation from their ancestors.
Take also the Flood stories. After the Flood it was only Noah and his family who repopulated the earth. As the people moved to different parts of the world, they brought their customs and stories with them. That's why you find similar Creation and Flood stories in civilizations all over the world. They're retelling the same stories they heard from their ancestors.
2006-09-25 03:04:10 · answer #7 · answered by ted.nardo 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Just coincidence. Don't think that the Egyptians would name a son after a hebrew...
2006-09-25 03:05:37 · answer #8 · answered by Kathya 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Oh, I think there was a little bit of borrowing going on a little bit of everywhere. No two people will perceive or retell a story the exact same way. That's just human nature.....
2006-09-25 03:10:14 · answer #9 · answered by PaganPoetess 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah except when seths name is mentioned,its written down by moses long before the egyptian one
2006-09-25 03:02:38 · answer #10 · answered by norm s 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋