Moses the Egyptian
The Memory of Egypt in Western Monotheism
Jan Assmann
Discover the fascinating study of historical memory in Moses the Egyptian, a groundbreaking work by Jan Assmann. Explore the ways in which factual and fictional events and characters transform through religious beliefs, philosophical justification, and literary reinterpretation. Assmann traces the origin of monotheism to the short-lived revolution of Egyptian king Akhenaten, before examining the cycle in which counter-religions establish themselves as truth and denounce others as false. This exceptional lesson in cultural identity and beliefs is a must-read for history enthusiasts and Egyptologists alike.
Дата публикации
1998-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
1998-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
впервые опубликовано в 1997
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4.17
ISBN
9780674587397
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2021-02-20T13:08:11.000Z
One of the most thrilling books on Akhenaten I've read is Jan Assman's Moses The Egyptian, in which he relates Tacitus' garbled version of the Exodus myth to buried memories of Akhenaten's heresy.
Maybe it will come up when @dcsandbrook & I record this? – источник