125) of Exodus 3:14 (I AM THAT I AM, or I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE). Here it is rendered Ich bin, der ich bin, with a startling invocation by Fecht (p. Since the meaning I am I seems the only one possible. Griffiths confirms Hornung’s translation of The Destruction of Mankind text, declaring: ![]() What is here of interest is of course the early theology God’s name YHWH, but not its origin and actual etymology. , the phrase indeed recalls the Old Testament: see Exodus 3:14 “I am that I am”. Since in the given context it must mean: “. ![]() The parallels with the Exodus story are striking and Erik Hornung, in his German translation, finds a “startling” name for Ra that has Exodus parallels.Įvidently means “I am I” or “I am that I am”. The Destruction of Mankind (also called The Book of the Cow of Heaven) Papyrus, inscribed on the tomb walls of Seti I, Ramesses II, and Ramesses III, describes Hathor’s divine punishment of Egyptians with the foreigners, who survive the suffering, separated from Ra to live on the back of Nut, the heavenly cow. Wallis Budge, The Gods of the Egyptians, vol. (representing the visible sky) sails the sun god in his day barque.Į. Nut in her bovine form, being held up by her father Shu, the god of the air.Īiding Shu are the eight gods of the Ogdoad. Seti I, East Valley of the Kings location KV17. A scene from the Book of the Heavenly Cow as depicted in the tomb of
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