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IMHO this tends toward proving that Moses was aware of a 'doctrinal shift' in the Egyptian royal court away from a more pure doctrine. This also further evidences that the ancientness of the text upon which Genesis is such that it could not have been a copy of Babylonian or Sumerian (?) myths.
Genesis 1-2 In Light Of Ancient Egyptian Creation Myths
IntroductionBrief Survey of Scholarship: Egyptian Background of Genesis 1-2his work was largely ignoredThe Creation of Humans in Egyptian Cosmogonies
Egyptians viewed the creation of the world as a separate creative act from the creation of man. While the cosmogonies of Heliopolis, Memphis, and Hermopolis address the origin of the world, the creation of humans and animals receives little attention.45 The three main Egyptian cosmogonies primarily focus on the condition of the primordial state, the origin of the gods, and the creation of the heaven, the earth, and the sun.
The Creation Tradition of KhnumSuggested Parallels between Egyptian Cosmology and the Hebrew Creation Accounts of Genesis 1-2
The following features of Egyptian cosmology share similarities with the Genesis creation accounts: the ability of the Egyptians to hold seemingly contradictory views of the creation events at the same time, the means employed by the creator-gods in their creation, and the condition of the primordial state at the beginning of creation.
Adherence to Seemingly Contradictory Views of the Creation
IntroductionBrief Survey of Scholarship: Egyptian Background of Genesis 1-2his work was largely ignoredThe Creation of Humans in Egyptian Cosmogonies
Egyptians viewed the creation of the world as a separate creative act from the creation of man. While the cosmogonies of Heliopolis, Memphis, and Hermopolis address the origin of the world, the creation of humans and animals receives little attention.45 The three main Egyptian cosmogonies primarily focus on the condition of the primordial state, the origin of the gods, and the creation of the heaven, the earth, and the sun.
The Creation Tradition of KhnumSuggested Parallels between Egyptian Cosmology and the Hebrew Creation Accounts of Genesis 1-2
The following features of Egyptian cosmology share similarities with the Genesis creation accounts: the ability of the Egyptians to hold seemingly contradictory views of the creation events at the same time, the means employed by the creator-gods in their creation, and the condition of the primordial state at the beginning of creation.
Adherence to Seemingly Contradictory Views of the Creation
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