Daily Archives: August 22, 2008

Thinking About the First Monotheist: Not Moses, but Akhenaten

In the 14th century BCE, the Egyptian pharoah Akhenaten, father of “King Tut” (Tutankamen), and husband of Nefertiti, seems to have had some profound revelation that there was only one God, and that God’s name was Aten—who manifested himself in the … Continue reading

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“Symbols”: A Poem by Christina Rossetti

I watched a rosebud very long      Brought on by dew and sun and shower,      Waiting to see the perfect flower: Then, when I thought it should be strong,      It opened at the matin hour And fell at … Continue reading

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