![]() ![]() This raises the question of whether the ancient Egyptians ever practiced “human sacrifice.” 1 While scholars might disagree on what precise terminology to use, there is, in the words of one Egyptologist, “indisputable evidence for the practice of human sacrifice in classical ancient Egypt.” 2 Some of the evidence for this practice dates to the likely time of Abraham (circa 2,000–1,800 BC). This suggests that Abraham’s kinsmen had adopted elements of Egyptian practice and incorporated these elements into their local (Chaldean) practice. 9, 11), and indeed a “priest of Pharaoh” was involved in this procedure (vv. 8, 13) was said to be “after the manner of the Egyptians” (vv. The form of sacrifice practiced by Abraham’s kinsmen in Ur (vv. The Book of Abraham begins with an account of the biblical patriarch Abraham almost being sacrificed to “dumb idols” and “strange gods” (Abraham 1:7–8). ![]()
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