From which ancient civilization did the Israelite/Jewish creation myth originate?

Answer 1

The story of Christianity has been around for thousands of years and is just a retold story of what was known by ancient peoples - with a nice twist. How far back does it go - probably the Sumerians. If we look at the Egyptians they told the same story. In the Egyptian story of creation, Seth is the god of confusion, and represents chaos and disorder, the constant and eternal challenge to the order of creation. Seth (or Set) is shown with an animal's head with a long curved pointed snout, slanting eyes, and square-tipped ears to exemplify animal biology which sprang from chaos. As the story goes, Seth made a beautiful box, namely biological man, which like a "coffin" is made to the exact measurements of Osiris, which is in fact representative of man's soul ("I am Yesterday, "and I am Today ; and I have the power to be born a second time. I the hidden Soul create the gods, and I give sepulchral meals to "the divine beings in Amenti and in heaven." - Osiris as described in the Rubric to one of the versions of the lxivth Chapter of the Theban Recension of the Book of the Dead). However, Isis saves man's soul (Osiris). The name Isis means 'Knowledge'. And like in the story of Adam and Eve, this knowledge is represented by a snake like creature, here Isis creates the first cobra and uses it's venomous bite to coerce Ra (Or God) into revealing consciousness to man (in Egyptian lore to coerce Ra to reveal his "secret name"). What this really means is that at some level of intelligence consciousness arose. Early Christian equated Isis to the Virgin Mary as she, like Isis, is symbolic of nothing more than wisdom which led to knowledge which in turn led to consciousness, or the symbolic birth of Christ (the equivalent of Osiris, or man's soul). Christ (or your soul) is created through a virginal process (there was no mother and father just a mother - knowledge) whereby man obtains the feminine knowledge (Isis is also known as the "Immaculate Lady," "Queen of Heaven," "Illustrious Isis, most powerful, merciful and just," titles transferred entire or with slight change to the Virgin-Mary. This same symbolic representation is found in a host of other stories and in those she is called Ishtar, Astarte, Venus, Diana, Aurora, Aphrodite, etc.) . As a side bar, the Egyptian god Horus (a winged falcon which carries a red disk, also represented by the Eye of Horus. See as a biblical example "The Sun of Righteousness has healing in His wings. Mal. 4:2.) symbolizes your souls flight in life - or the point of it's origin in consciousness. An Egyptian tablet describes him as the "substance of his father," of whom he is an incarnation and identical with him (sound biblically familiar?) As I stated earlier Horus (consciousness) was said to be born on 25 December, while Osiris (your soul or Christ) was born of the virgin Isis (also known as Mata-Meri or Mother Mary) on 6 January - 12 days later ("a bright cloud overshadowed them, and twelve rays as of the sun broke forth from behind the clouds, and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son with whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him" - Mormon Gospel of the Holy Twelve). In some cultures, especially Hispanic and Latin American culture, January 6th is observed as Three Kings Day, or simply the Day of the Kings. How about the 12 days of Christmas - the twelfth day (January 6) being when the "wise men" (get it) show up? Not surprisingly the word "Christ" means sun-savior. Jesus is from Hebrew "Yeshua," savior, and Christ may be traced to the Chaldean "chris" = sun [Greek: christened]. Also, the physical Church was founded by Constantine, and that it was a part of his decree "that the venerable day of the Sun should be the day for the worship of Jesus Christ as Sun-day" (his quote). FYI, here's what the Egyptians had to say about following religious traditions as it applied to your soul (Horus in flight): "Learn with the eye of discernment where you wish to travel to! Do not be guided by some teacher, some book, some tradition. Your soul's flight is too important to be dominated by another's guidance, however noble. Your only true guide is yourself, that spark of which you inherit like Myself from the Divine Body of Nuit, Mother of All. My Golden Eye is within your own self. It is the eye of truth" - Oracle of Horus the Golden Eye

Answer 2

A lot of cultures had similar stories about creation the bagavita is quite similar and also the ancient Greeks as well as other agricultural cultures had stories similar to the garden of eden i personally believe that the garden of eden is representative of man coming out of the hunter gatherer age and going into agriculture the forbidden fruit or fruit of knowledge is probably learning how to farm once man started farming the whole environment would change which is what they talk about in the bible Adam and eve were nude right most hunter gàtherer people were nude or almost nude (anyhow i'm getting of the topic) . But all throughout Europe and Asia their were similar stories to genesis I actually believe that people in the past looked at fossils and understood evolution

Answer 3

trick question...

that would be from none

Moses spoke with God for 40 years and got it right

I especially appreciate that cubical ark of Gilgamesh ... with a center of mass in the center...it would roll all over the ocean like a volleyball... the ark of Noah on the other hand uses dimensions similar to modern sea vessels and known to be stable and a good choice remarkable for a Jewish people who had no navy?

Answer 4

Why do you call it a myth if you don't know where it came from, unless you are in the Joseph Campbell tradition?

Answer 5

considering how the epic of Gilgamesh mirrors the biblical flood story it is logical to say much of the early part of Genniss has roots in early Mesopotamian lore.

Answer 6

from Babylonian Jews came to Palestine and Philistine and Phoenician lands like they came to N Y and long island for more money. and business trade..

Answer 7

egyptians