Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Origin of Amen
I have started 3 times to respond to the question about "Amen." Most recently, a few minutes ago, when my cell ran out of juice. The short answer is to google "Amen." Then, read to your heart's content, Lisa Dunn, Katherine Kirs, or anyone else interested. I am no oracle or priest of Amen, Amon, Aton, Atum, Ra, Ptah in the strictest of senses. I am a follower of Jesus Christ, who spared my life anew in 1992, in the broadest of senses. Even so, you have asked. So, I must answer. God has many names. Amen is one of them in the Bible; there are others. The Jews trace themselves to Abraham, as do the Christians and Arabs. Abram became Abraham after his sojourn in Egypt, which was symbolically similar to Joseph's, Jacob's, Moses', and Jesus'. Jewish identity and religion is inseparable from Mizraim, Egypt, Kemet, the Land of Ham, the black man's land--Others being Cush, Canaan, Libya, and Phut; also by extension through Nimrod, the land between the two rivers, Mesopatamia/Sumeria/Babylon/Assyria. Now the Jews took the name Amun or Amon and it became Amen through trasliteration. Similarly these black gods became the Greeks', too, as written by Homer and Plato and Herodotus. Again, read and study and learn for yourself. Thanks again.