Exodus, Moses and Egyptian history
Monotheism: Some scholars draw parallels between Moses and Pharaoh Akhenaten, who promoted the worship of a single deity, Aten, and attempted to shift Egyptian religion towards monotheism.
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Akhenaten, Kukulkan, and Manco Capac held significant roles in the religious beliefs of their cultures.
Akhenaten initiated a religious revolution in ancient Egypt, focusing on the worship of the sun god Aten.
Akhenaten, also known as Amenhotep IV, was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who reigned during the 18th dynasty (c.
Akhenaten moved the capital from Thebes to a new city called Akhetaten (modern-day Amarna) and introduced a new artistic style characterized by more naturalistic depictions of the human body.
Akhenaten's status as a religious revolutionary has led to much speculation, ranging from scholarly hypotheses to non-academic fringe theories.
Although some believe the religion he introduced was mostly monotheistic, many others see Akhenaten as a practitioner of an Aten monolatry, as he did not actively deny the existence of other gods; he simply refrained from worshiping any but the Aten.
The idea that Akhenaten was the pioneer of a monotheistic religion that later became Judaism has been considered by various scholars.
Basing his arguments on his belief that the Exodus story was historical, Freud argued that Moses had been an Atenist priest who was forced to leave Egypt with his followers after Akhenaten's death.
Freud argued that Akhenaten was striving to promote monotheism, something that the biblical Moses was able to achieve.