Teaching of Amenhope P.A.P.E.R.

Purpose:
-explain how to live a righteous life under one god, Aton
-gives reasons why there is one god
-how to show dedication to Aton
-how to be loyal

argument:
to live a righteous life you must follow the thirty chapters and use them as a guide for your actions and daily life.
  examples of things to live by:
-do not rob
-do not make fun of the disabled
-be respectful
-do not harm one’s reputation
-do not covet
-steer clear of evil
-do not cheat
-life is better by living according to the thirty chapters
-”the fruit is sweet, the shade is pleasant”
-”tree growing”

preassumptions:
-we knew basics of monotheism
-pros and cons
-thought it would be more specific as to rituals and situations specific to the religion
-the ideas would be a little stranger than those of monotheistic religions today
-more forceful, this guy is the pharaoh and this doesn’t feel too powerful

epistemology
-these monotheistic ideas were the foundation for monotheism today
-although the religion didnt continue until today, its ideas and facts
-knowing what we already know about monotheism, the reading was easier to understand and distinguish as a monotheistic religion