I came across a very interesting book yesterday. It's just over 1,500pp so I haven't read all of it yet.

THE CONTEXT OF SCRIPTURE Ed. William W Hallo

ISBN 90 04 131 051

The book is an anthology of ancient Egyptian, Ugaritic, Sumerian and Hittite Myths, Hymns, Divinations, Incantations, Rituals, Prophesies, Oracles, Epics, Fables, Law cases etc. 

The Pyramid Texts were inscribed on the walls of the substructures of royal pyramids at the end of the Old 
Kingdom, with the same purpose as their descendants, the Coffin Texts. This spell begins by describing the 
material derivation of the first two elements of the world — the atmospheres above and below the earth (Shu and 
Tefhut) — from the single source of all matter (Atum), as a “mythological precedent'’ for the daily rebirth of the 
deceased king. 


The birth of Shu and Tefnut from Atum (Pyr. 1248) 
Atum evolved 1 growing ithyphallic, 2 in Helio¬ 
polis. He put his penis in his grasp that he might 


make orgasm with it, 5 and the two siblings were 
bom — Shu and Tefnut. 

The 4 vols can be bought bon marché for £300, or at https://archive.org/details/the-context-of-scripture

(BTW, the book was published at Leyden, yes THAT Leyden.)