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Autore |
Assmann Jan |
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Titolo |
Moses the Egyptian [[electronic resource] ] : the memory of Egypt in western monotheism / / Jan Assmann |
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1998 |
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Edizione |
[1st Harvard Univ. Press pbk. ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 276p. ) : ill., facsims |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Monotheism - History of doctrines |
Egypt Religion |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: 1997. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-266) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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