Behind | Psalms and a Hymn from the Temple of Amun, El-Charga, Part 2

Both YHWH and the Egyptian deity Amun are described as creating and giving life to humanity, but we need to be careful how much similarity we read into parallels like this. Generally, Egyptian “theology” expressed in various forms of literature assumes that gods have created a hierarchy of humans, with the king and nobles—and Egyptians—at higher levels than everyone else. Divine creation actually reinforces a caste system of sorts. 

In contrast, the Bible—in its laws, narratives, prophecy and poetry—consistently elevates all humans to a royal place, though no human becomes divine as the Egyptian king was thought to be.