Moses the Egyptian : the memory of Egypt in western monotheism / Jan Assmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Assmann, Jan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monotheism--History of doctrines.

Monotheism.

Egypt--Religion.

Egypt.

Moses (Biblical leader).

Moses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 276p. ) ill., facsims.

Edition:

1st Harvard Univ. Press pbk. ed.

Other Title:

Memory of Egypt in western monotheism

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Moses is at the foundation of monotheism, and so of Western culture. Here the factual and fictional events and characters in religious beliefs are studied. It traces monotheism back to the Egyptian king Akhenaten and shows how Moses's followers established truth by denouncing all others as false.

Contents:

Mnemohistory and the construction of Egypt; suppressed history, repressed memory - Moses and Akhenaten; before the law - John Spencer as Egyptologist; the Moses discourse in the 18th century; Sigmund Freud - the return of the repressed; conceiving the One in ancient Egyptian traditions; abolishing the Mosaic distinction - religious antagonism and its overcoming.

Notes:

Originally published: 1997.

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

ISBN:

9780674020306

0674020308

OCLC:

923117146