Did the Bible authors plagerize from Egyptian texts?

Question

The 23rd Psalm copied an Egyptian text appealing
to Osiris the Good Shepherd to lead the deceased to the “green pastures” and “still waters” of the
nefer-nefer land, to restore the soul to the body, and to give protection in the valley of the shadow
of death (the Tuat). The Lord’s Prayer was prefigured by an Egyptian hymn to Osiris-Amen
beginning, “O Amen, O Amen, who are in heaven.” Amen was also invoked at the end of every
prayer.

Sorry, I meant plagiarize.

Answer 1

Borrowed is a more gentle term when there is no benefit gained. The Egyptian texts are out because of the heiroglyphics cf. Rosetta Stone and the command of God for the Israelites to never return there.
The "Amen" is a understandable phrase for any religion, where else is God going to be?
The borrowing you are looking for is to the East. The Babylonian Genesis and Gilgamesh Epic are primary sources for the Bible Prequel in Gen. 1-11. There are older sources of well of course. Ur has some interesting stuff as does Asshur.

Answer 2

Monotheism was appropriated from the Egyptians. The life of Jesus resembles a Greek Tragic Drama and the vast majority of Christianity is based upon doctrines adopted from Plato

Answer 3

@ phrog, you reported: "our texts are not written in historical egyptian dialects" i think of he skill the reformed Egyptian (Mormon 9:32-33) and the Hieratic fragments for the e book of Abraham. See additionally one million Nephi one million:2 and Mosiah one million:4. Edit: The "Anthon transcript" (which does no longer sq. spectacular with Anthon's description), additionally widely used because of the fact the Caractor's checklist, might properly be considered at this Mormon web site the place an attempt is made to instruct how its letters have Egyptian which skill.[one million] One such letter or character on the "Anthon transcript" is one that sounds like a working laptop or computing gadget mouse. No id of that's presented on that web site. you could actually learn the lettering on the "Anthon transcript" with Demotic as considered right here on an ostrakon.[2] i for my section can in user-friendly terms see a superficial resemblance. ultimately, Wikipedia supplies this text on the "Anthon transcript" right here.[3]

Answer 4

Yep! Amazing, isn't it? There's actually a papyri that starts, "In the beginning Atem created the heavens and the Earth..." There is A LOT of the bible that was copied from earlier texts, stories, etc...

Answer 5

I'm pretty sure the Egyptian Psalms were in the public domain. Most Semitic and Hellenistic religions were eclectic. Nobody 'plagerized' or 'stole' anything.

Answer 6

Yes they did, but you have to dig deep *pardon the pun* in Egyptian history to discover that. I have a close friend thats a bible scholar, and she knows most of it was stolen from other stories, Babylonian, Sumerian, and Egyptian.

Answer 7

Yep, and the Greeks, too.....they weren't very creative when you think about it. I could have come up with a much better religion if I was there 2000 odd years ago.

Answer 8

wouldnt be surprised. sice they plagiarize some new phenomenon into their own practice... not all christians were speaking in tongues before someone started to try it out.

Answer 9

Could it be that the words came from the same God and the only diffrence is whose hand wrote it.

Answer 10

...and the sumerian epic of the flood and others-like adam and eve and the epic of creation...