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Moses the Egyptian: The Memory of Egypt in Western Monotheism
Moses the Egyptian The Memory of Egypt in Western Monotheism
Author: Jan Assmann
Standing at the very foundation of monotheism, and so of Western culture, Moses is a figure not of history, but of memory. As such, he is the quintessential subject for the innovative historiography Jan Assmann both defines and practices in this work, the study of historical memory--a study, in this case, of the ways in which factual and fiction...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674587380
ISBN-10: 0674587383
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: 284
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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