101 Myths of the Bible: how ancient scribes - Conscious Evolution TV

262 101 Myths of the Bible
1. Deborah and Neith each talk about her role as a mother.
2. Deborah and Neith each talk about how their actions led to an increase in
population.
3. In both stories, we find a rebellion of new gods battling against heaven.
4. In both stories, the mother, in her role as mother, promises to intervene in the
fighting.
5. In both stories, the mother fights on the side of the chief deity.
6. In both stories, there is talk about the enemy being struck down.
7. In both stories, the side representing the chief deity wins.
8. In both stories, the sun is described as a mighty male warrior.
In the prose version of Deborah’s story, Barak was made effective as a warrior by
Deborah’s participation, and, in the Egyptian hymn, Re was made effective as a warrior
by the actions of Neith.
Egyptian influence was widespread in Canaan throughout the period of the
Judges and the early monarchy. Solomon even built an Egyptian temple for one of his
wives. The name and image of Neith would have been well known and it is not unlikely
that poetic images of her circulated widely as did poems, hymns, and songs about
other Egyptian, Canaanite, and Mesopotamian deities.
The Song of Deborah is a compilation of several smaller poems that were
reworked into a larger story. Hebrew scribes enjoying the literary aspects of some
Egyptian hymn about Neith borrowed portions, added them to some other source
materials, and created a new poetic account of a legendary heroine named Deborah.