Ancient Hebrews and the Egyptians
The emergence of Hebrew monotheism (1500-600B.C.) and Egyptians polytheism have helped create the world today when it comes to religion. Both the Egyptians and the ancient Hebrews had a major influence on the ancient world but they also had very different religions and religious practices. The ancient Hebrew’s were monotheistic and the Egyptians were polytheistic. The two different religious views greatly affected society in the ancient world, causing conflict between the Hebrews and the Egyptians. Hebrew monotheism greatly affected ancient society and helped form what is practiced as Christianity today.
The Hebrew monotheistic and Egyptian polytheistic religious practices were different in the sense that …show more content…
“When Abram was ninety-nine years old Yahweh appeared to him and said, ‘I am El Shaddai. Live in my presence, be perfect, and I shall grant a covenant between myself and you, and make you very numerous.’ And Abram bowed to the ground. God spoke to him as follows, ‘For my part, this is my covenant with you: you will become the father of many nations” (The Covenant 15). This according to the Hebrews at the time was a direct agreement with Yahweh and Abraham, that as long as Abraham did as Yahweh asked the covenant will stand. This didn’t sit well with the Pharaoh, and the Egyptians and Hebrews would eventually go to war over their differences in religion and the Egyptians would either take them as slaves or conquer Israel if the Hebrews didn’t comply with Pharos …show more content…
Passover is when the Hebrews put blood of a lamb on the doors of Hebrew family’s so the angel of death would pass over their houses and only kill the first born of Egyptians. The ten commandment are famous because of the story of Moses helping the Hebrews escape the Pharaoh, parting the red sea, and then going to the top of a mountain and talking to god through a burning bush, and supposedly god inscribed the ten commandments onto stone for his chosen people to abide by, and Christians still abide by those commandments to this
The emergence of Hebrew monotheism (1500-600B.C.) and Egyptians polytheism have helped create the world today when it comes to religion. Both the Egyptians and the ancient Hebrews had a major influence on the ancient world but they also had very different religions and religious practices. The ancient Hebrew’s were monotheistic and the Egyptians were polytheistic. The two different religious views greatly affected society in the ancient world, causing conflict between the Hebrews and the Egyptians. Hebrew monotheism greatly affected ancient society and helped form what is practiced as Christianity today.
The Hebrew monotheistic and Egyptian polytheistic religious practices were different in the sense that …show more content…
“When Abram was ninety-nine years old Yahweh appeared to him and said, ‘I am El Shaddai. Live in my presence, be perfect, and I shall grant a covenant between myself and you, and make you very numerous.’ And Abram bowed to the ground. God spoke to him as follows, ‘For my part, this is my covenant with you: you will become the father of many nations” (The Covenant 15). This according to the Hebrews at the time was a direct agreement with Yahweh and Abraham, that as long as Abraham did as Yahweh asked the covenant will stand. This didn’t sit well with the Pharaoh, and the Egyptians and Hebrews would eventually go to war over their differences in religion and the Egyptians would either take them as slaves or conquer Israel if the Hebrews didn’t comply with Pharos …show more content…
Passover is when the Hebrews put blood of a lamb on the doors of Hebrew family’s so the angel of death would pass over their houses and only kill the first born of Egyptians. The ten commandment are famous because of the story of Moses helping the Hebrews escape the Pharaoh, parting the red sea, and then going to the top of a mountain and talking to god through a burning bush, and supposedly god inscribed the ten commandments onto stone for his chosen people to abide by, and Christians still abide by those commandments to this