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They married because their father was ill and there was no other heir. He co-ruled with his wife until he took over at the death of his father and became Amenhotep IV. Because of his part-Israelite upbringing Amenhotep IV...could not accept the Egyptian deities and their myriad idols, so he developed the notion of Aten, an omnipotent god with no image, who was repre- sented by a solar disc with downward pointing rays. Aten was not the Sun god, however, for the Egyp- tian Sun god was Ra. (p. 189) The Israelite concept of a god without an image was already established in Egypt before Akhenaton came on the throne. What he did that was so different was to install Aten as the sole god of Egypt, and this is the world’s first example of religious intolerance at State level — a strict monotheism foisted upon the people (p. 190). It was this somewhat discordant concept of the One God in Egypt that originally inspired the 1930’s research of Sigmund Freud, leading him to associate Moses with the reign of the Pharaoh Akhenaton. (p. 190) Adon The name “Aten” was the equivalent of the Hebrew Adon—a tile borrowed from the Phoenician and meaning ‘Lord’—with the familiar ‘Adonai’ meaning ‘my Lord’. (p. 189) At the same time, Amenhotep...changed his name to Akhenaton... and closed all the temples of the Egyptian gods, making himself very unpopular, particularly with the priests of Ra and with those of the former national deity, Amen. (p. 189) Akhenaton refused to allow the worship of other gods and was forced to step down in favor of his cousin Smenkhkare, who was succeeded by Tutankhamun who lived only for 19 years. Though there was restored worship of Amen, this Pharaoh did not ban the cult of Aten (see p. 189) 223 Appendix B: Book Abstracts Amenhotep IV (Moses) and Nefertiti “Were it not for this marriage, the eighteenth dynasty would have expired at their fathers death.”(p. 188) Amenhotep IV was also known as Amenophis IV Monotheism Enters/Cult of Aten The First Religious Intolerance Sigmund Freud Name Change Akhenaton Abdication Akhenaton Banished Banished from Egypt in 1361 B.C., but was considered by some to still be a rightful king. Royal Mose (Mosis) This meant the Royal Son. Atlantis, Alien Visitation, and Genetic Manipulation