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Moses the Egyptian : the memory of Egypt in western monotheism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Assmann, Jan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.
Edition:1st Harvard Univ. Press pbk. ed.
Subjects:
Moses > (Biblical leader)
Egypt > Religion.
Monotheism > History of doctrines.
Table of 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.