The Discovery of Genesis (88 page)

7.
Amenhotep IV (Akhenaton) was a single exception. He attempted to overthrow Egypt’s polytheistic religion by substituting the worship of only Aton, the sun god (who was still a false god). He founded a new capital near Tell el Amarna, but his rule lasted only 10 years, following which the government of Egypt returned to Thebes and their old gods. [Lionel Casson,
Ancient Egypt
(New York: Time Incorporated, 1965), p. 59.]

8.
W. A. P. Martin,
The Lore of Cathay or the Intellect of China
(London: Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, 1901), p. 167.

9.
Ross, p. 296.

Chapter 9: A Bleak World

1.
Immanuel Velikovsky,
Worlds in Collision
(Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday & Co., 1950), p. 380. See also Donald W. Patten,
The Biblical Flood and the Ice Epoch
(Seattle: Pacific Meridian Publ. Co., 1966), p. 64

2.
It is claimed by some that
is a “modern” character, not more than 2,000 years old, since it was not found in the
Shuo Wen.
For examples see: G. D. Wilder, and J. H. Ingram,
Analysis of Chinese Characters
(Taipei: Chin Wen Publ. Co., 1964), pp. 118, 119. However, because
fails to appear in this ancient etymological study cannot be used as final evidence. In the light of of Genesis, the character is ideographic — why should its originator use
eight
persons
? The phonetic set,
,
a marsh at the foot of the hills
, is not by itself ideographic, and therefore must be a part of a larger original ideogram.
meaning
to follow a course, to coast, to hand down, to continue
, also contains this radical set, but is not in itself ideographic.
and
are both phonetically “yen,” while
is “chuan.” Therefore
is not a phonetic in
. Ancient forms of
are
or