An edition of Moses the Egyptian (1997)

Moses the Egyptian

the memory of Egypt in western monotheism

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An edition of Moses the Egyptian (1997)

Moses the Egyptian

the memory of Egypt in western monotheism

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To account for the complexities of the foundational event in the establishment of monotheism, Moses the Egyptian goes back to the short-lived monotheistic revolution of the Egyptian king Akhenaten (1360-1340 B.C.E.). Assmann traces the monotheism of Moses to this source, and then shows how Moses' followers denied the Egyptians any part in the origin of their beliefs and condemned them as polytheistic idolators.

Thus began the cycle in which every "counter-religion," by establishing itself as truth, denounced all others as false. Assmann reconstructs this cycle as a pattern of historical abuse, and tracks its permutations from ancient sources, including the Bible, through Renaissance debates over the basis of religion to Sigmund Freud's Moses and Monotheism.

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Harvard University Press
Language
English
Pages
276

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Subjects

History of doctrines, Monotheism, Religion, Histoire des doctrines, Monoteism, Monothéisme, Monotheïsme, Egyptische godsdienst, History, 11.09 systematic religious studies: other, Moses (biblical leader), Egypt, religion

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Moses (Biblical leader)

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Egypt
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Cover of: Moses the Egyptian
Moses the Egyptian: The Memory of Egypt in Western Monotheism
October 15, 1998, Harvard University Press
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Cover of: Moses the Egyptian
Moses the Egyptian: the memory of Egypt in western monotheism
1997, Harvard University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-266) and index.

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Cambridge, Mass

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
222/.1/092
Library of Congress
BS580.M6 A79 1997, BS580.M6A79 1997, BS580.M6 A79 1998

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Pagination
x, 276 p. :
Number of pages
276

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL1011024M
ISBN 10
0674587383
LCCN
96051600
OCLC/WorldCat
36017290, 44559700
LibraryThing
583212
Goodreads
1726987

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OL820702W

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