Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-12-10

Of Amen-RR, and substituted new
deity, Ateu, which should be read Adon
a pure Semitic etymology. meaning In
Hebrew. Lord. Where did this king
get his new theology Il Is more than
probable that II was exclusively
Joseph's influence that converted the
Pharoah to an exotic deity after he
became the sOn-in-law of Khu.en.Adon
in his second marrlage-Ioseph having
married earlier In life daughter Of
the high priest OF On (HellOpolis).
2 II was not .Anl,h.Amen who
reestablishsd the old orthodox religion
but his successor, Har.eru9eb. who en-
deayored to erase even the name Of Tut
Ankb-Amen from the tablet Ia many
places, as proven by the French Egyp-
tologist, Georges Legrain, who publish
ed Photographic reproduction OF this
max. published In 1905 (rhe only
copy. | believe Of Legrain's book Is in
the Library of Princeton University
3 The deepest Significance is TO be
attacked to the fact that no portions
Of the Book of the Dead. prayers to
supreme divinities, COMPUTATIONS and
mystic fOrmulne for the protection of
the departed and his safe arrival into
Abode OF Light. have been found. In the
outer Snrcophagus nor in the solid gold
coffin. II was religiously de rigeur to
provide the mummy Of any important
person with such mystic chapters or
verses to insure the passage Of the de-
funct on the dread journey through the
Amenti-the Sheol of the Blble-that
the departed may pass the scrutiny Of
the Judgment Hail presided by osiris
and his jury of forty-two deities. to be
welcomed TO sit with him In his trone
Of eternal bliss. Kings were supplied
with n whole library Of such mystic
literature. Then how can we explain
the complete absence OF such docu
ments, papyrnS, even not the slightest
allusion? But by establishing the
identity of Tut-Ankh-Amen with
Joseph the omission Of such liturgical
prayers is cxplicable, strict orders
having been given not TO desecrate
IoScphs resting place with Egyptian
idolatry-as the Hebrews termed the
neurological pantheon Of Egypt. The
superb winged figures found on the
first Sarcophagus are distinctly Semitic
Cherubim as described by Ezekiel,
though profoundly Egyptian in their
magnificent art.
4. In the Talmud. which is 1000
years old, there Is a remarkable pas
sage (Tractat Sanhedrim, page 11O)
that Joseph shrine concealed precious
treasures in Egypt (Shlosha Mnt-
monioth Hitmin JOSEF b'NIitbraim) ~.
the tomb. among the ancient Egyptians,
was the only bank, the safest hiding
place to conceal treasures, especially
by princes whose throne was shaky.
fearing revolution.
| Now. after the long silence of more
! than n year around the sensational
opening of the tomb of the SOi-diSant
| Tut Ankh-Amen. what do we hear
Eminent Psychologists and amateurs
unite in proclaiming with mighty
Eureka that they finally found the
body of the long sought Pharoah. After
discovering Pharoah's crown. his coffin
Of solid gold, the golden swords, dag
gers, bulky necklaces and all the
| funeral eStravagances of immense
wealth: after removing the wrapping.
the last communique assures anxious
| humanity, behold the dead Pharoah
was mere child. "a male not yet of
adult age, and he came to his untimely
death from tuberculosis, Judging by the
much emaciated face and body" The
| Valley of the Kings at Luxor must
have resounded with hilarity among
the savants gathered around the coffin,
knowing that Egypt never had reign
ing prince child, never even n regent
or co-regent who at such an early age
should already have been able to pro
vide his future tomb with such mag
nihcent treasures Of dazzling wealth.
1t took n life time for Egyptian mon
archs to prepare their luxurious tomhs
and what shall we say of the gigantic
riches in gold. precious jewels and
astonishing artistic workmanship found
in Tut-Ankh-Amen's tomb! But. why
was not papyrus found, not even o
single line of the Book Of the Dead;
It never happened vet that an Egyptian
prince should he buried without such
liturgical verses Of the book Per-em-
Heb. as the Book of the Dead is term.
ed in HieroGlyphic writings.
The savants in both hemispheres
know that I have given many years
of my time to Egyptology while in
Paris and In America, having translated