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

By: Assmann, Jan
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998Copyright date: ©1997Edition: First Harvard University Press paperback editionDescription: x, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0674587391 (pbk.); 0674587383 (alk.)Subject(s): Moses (Biblical leader) | Egypt -- Religion | Monotheism -- History of doctrines | Moses (Prophet)DDC classification: 222/.1/092 LOC classification: BS580.M6 | A79 1997Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-266) and index.
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 eighteenth century -- Sigmund Freud: the return of the repressed -- Conceiving the One in ancient Egyptian traditions -- Abolishing the Mosaic distinction: religious antagonism and its overcoming.

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

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 eighteenth 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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