[lit-ideas] Re: One fewer god
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:29:55 -0700
I wondered about this.
Egyptian cults, such as Aten (1,300 BC), were monotheistic. That's where the early Jews
learned about monotheism.
Early Judaeism was polytheistic and there's plenty of examples for this in the
Torah.
As for Zoraster, that is 300-500 BC, so it was fairly later.
In any case, neither Zoraster nor Abraham were original thinkers about
monotheism.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Paul" <guimbarde9@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:23 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: One fewer god
Jack Spratt wrote:
"Abraham's or Zoroaster did not arrive at their teachings about god entirely from their
tribal experience, they were original thinkers. God(s) come out of man's head like Venus
coming out of Zeus' but what they look like and how they are accepted by those nearby
becomes part of the culture." \
You are, perhaps, thinking of Athena, who according to myth, literally emerged from Zeus's
head, after he had swallowed her mother. Venus is the Roman counterpart of Aphrodite, who
emerged from the foam after Cronos castrated his father, Uranos, and threw his genitals
into the sea. Homer's account of her origins differs, and in it, Aphrodite is the daughter
of Zeus and a sky goddess, Dione.
The earlier version makes a better painting though.
Robert Paul
Reed College
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