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How similar is the Khnum creation story to the Genesis creation story?

Compare and contrast the two creation stories
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 November 13, 2009 05:00 AM
For 25 cents? You get one link to someone who did a lot more work for more.

http://bible.org/article/genesis-1-2-light-ancient-egyptian-creation-myths

However I will add that I've found it interesting that the "gods" referred to in many cultures, many with similar characteristics and renown, are reflected in the Bible by stories of people who were the "first/best" at their craft.

I attribute the varying stories and names to an event also documented in the Bible at the events around the Tower of Babel.
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November 13, 2009 05:23 PM
Genesis 1-2 In Light Of Ancient Egyptian Creation Myths
by Tony L. Shetter

1. McCurley showed, the first creation story in Genesis demythologizes the cosmogony of Hermopolis.
2. Jehovah does in history the actions claimed by other gods in Egypt.
3. Egyptian creation story suggest the elements self organized. In Genesis, inanimate objects move according to the direction and will of Jehovah.
4. The source of light originates from Jehovah.
5. Both the Egyptians and the Hebrews use the phrase “breath of life” to describe the life-giving force that deity infusing into man.
6. Khnum creates man from a potter’s wheel. Jehovah creates man by forming him from the earth.
7. Egyptian reliefs show two gods involved in the creation of man. In Genesis, Jehovah creates perform the two functions.
8. Egyptians recognized creation by self-copulation, by divine word, and by fashioning. The Egyptians held at least three means of creation simultaneously without concerning themselves with contradictions. Jehovah creates by divine word. Jehovah plants a garden, forms man, and forms animals. Creation by self-copulation is not a part of the Genesis account.
9. The three cosmogonies of Heliopolis, Memphis, and Hermopolis exhibit both similarities and differences.

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