 In 1971 , Erik Hornung published a study rebutting these views . He points out that in any given period many deities , even minor ones , were described as superior to all others . He also argues that the unspecified " god " in the wisdom texts is a generic term for whichever deity the reader chooses to revere . Although the combinations , manifestations , and iconographies of each god were constantly shifting , they were always restricted to a finite number of forms , never becoming fully interchangeable in a monotheistic or pantheistic way . Henotheism , Hornung says , describes Egyptian religion better than other labels . An Egyptian could worship any deity at a particular time and credit it with supreme power in that moment , without denying the other gods or merging them all with the god that he or she focused on . Hornung concludes that the gods were fully unified only in myth , at the time before creation , after which the multitude of gods emerged from a uniform nonexistence . 
 In 1971 , Erik Hornung published a study rebutting these views . He <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>points</mark></a> out that in any given period many deities , even minor ones , <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> described as superior to all others . He also <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>argues</mark></a> that the unspecified " god " in the wisdom texts is a generic term for whichever deity the reader <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>chooses</mark></a> to revere . Although the combinations , manifestations , and iconographies of each god <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>were</mark></a> constantly shifting , they <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>were</mark></a> always restricted to a finite number of forms , never becoming fully interchangeable in a monotheistic or pantheistic way . Henotheism , Hornung <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>says</mark></a> , <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>describes</mark></a> Egyptian religion better than other labels . An Egyptian could worship any deity at a particular time and credit it with supreme power in that moment , without denying the other gods or merging them all with the god that he or she focused on . Hornung <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>concludes</mark></a> that the gods <a href='uninflect' title='10'><mark>were</mark></a> fully unified only in myth , at the time before creation , after which the multitude of gods emerged from a uniform nonexistence . 
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