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

yth #2:
God initiated Creation with a spoken word.
The Myth: And God said…. (Gen. 1:3)
The Reality: The initiation of Creation by spoken word comes from the Egyptian
Creation myths.
The process of biblical Creation begins when God utters a commandment for
light to appear. The idea of Creation by command has no counterpart in the
Mesopotamian Creation myths. Among the Egyptians, however, Creation by command
played a basic role.
The Egyptians believed in the power of the word to create and control the environment,
and many Egyptian texts speak about Creation beginning with verbal commands.
One describes Amen as“the one who speaks and what should come into being
comes into being.” Another text describes Ptah in a similar manner when it says,
“Accordingly, he thinks out and commands what he wishes [to exist].”A reference to the
actions of Atum in the creative process tells us“he took Annunciation in his mouth.”
In the Theban Creation scheme, after Amen (i.e., the wind) initiated Creation, he
first appeared in the form of the four primary elements. He next appeared in the form
of Ptah, the Creator god of Memphis, who initiated Creation by speaking a command.
This is the same sequence as in the Genesis account, where “the wind” issues
forth a spoken command, but the biblical author has eliminated any reference to Ptah
as the speaker and merged the Memphite Creator deity (Ptah) with the Theban Creator
deity (Amen). This distinction, however, is only cosmetic, since in the Theban
view“Amen the wind” and“Ptah the Speaker” are both forms of the same deity.
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