Moses the Egyptian : the memory of Egypt in western monotheism /
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 fals...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
1997.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 276 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-266) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780674020306 0674020308 |