“The Hymn to the Aten” is a great poem. It gives me a different view on the sun. I didn’t know the sun can mean so much in our everyday lives or to other cultures around the world like Egypt. “Aten is regarded as a king with cartouches for his names and is considered to celebrate the royal jubilee festivals “(Wikispaces).
The history of the poem begins in ancient Egypt with Amenhotep IV; From 1350 to 1334 BC, he became a monotheist by worshipping the sun god Aten. Aten, similar to the sun-disk, was the creator of all life and was a god of goodness and divine benevolence. Amenhotep was so sincere that he changed his name to Akenaen to please his god. At the time, there were three divisions of the Egyptian empire, Egypt, Kush, and Syria. He built a temple consecrated to Aten. He also took residence in a city he had built called Akhetaten. To this day, it is regarded as the Tell el Armarna in the southeastern part of Egypt.
“The Hymn” is similar to Psalm 104 written from the Bible hundreds of years …show more content…
God put the sun, moon, and stars for all nations to worship not to bow down to. “ Ezekiel 8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. 8:17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man “(Biblegateway). God said it’s bad enough that the people of Judah are doing these disgusting things. But they have also spread violence and injustice everywhere in Israel and have made me very
The history of the poem begins in ancient Egypt with Amenhotep IV; From 1350 to 1334 BC, he became a monotheist by worshipping the sun god Aten. Aten, similar to the sun-disk, was the creator of all life and was a god of goodness and divine benevolence. Amenhotep was so sincere that he changed his name to Akenaen to please his god. At the time, there were three divisions of the Egyptian empire, Egypt, Kush, and Syria. He built a temple consecrated to Aten. He also took residence in a city he had built called Akhetaten. To this day, it is regarded as the Tell el Armarna in the southeastern part of Egypt.
“The Hymn” is similar to Psalm 104 written from the Bible hundreds of years …show more content…
God put the sun, moon, and stars for all nations to worship not to bow down to. “ Ezekiel 8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the Lord’s house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. 8:17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man “(Biblegateway). God said it’s bad enough that the people of Judah are doing these disgusting things. But they have also spread violence and injustice everywhere in Israel and have made me very