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Item Details
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OF GOD AND GODS
EGYPT, ISRAEL, AND THE RISE OF MONOTHEISM |
| By: |
Jan Assmann |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£28.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0299225542 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780299225544 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 May, 2008 |
| Series: |
George L. Mosse Series In Modern European Cultural and Intellectual History |
| Pages: |
200 |
| Description: |
Explores the revolutionary newness of biblical theology against a background of the polytheism. This book offers readers an understanding of Egyptian polytheism and elaborates on the concept of the "Mosaic distinction," which conceives an emphatic Truth that sets religion apart from beliefs shunned as superstition, paganism, or heresy. |
| Synopsis: |
For thousands of years, our world has been shaped by biblical monotheism. But its hallmark - a distinction between one true God and many false gods - was once a new and radical idea. "Of God and Gods" explores the revolutionary newness of biblical theology against a background of the polytheism that was once so commonplace.Jan Assmann, one of the most distinguished scholars of ancient Egypt working today, traces the concept of a true religion back to its earliest beginnings in Egypt and describes how this new idea took shape in the context of the older polytheistic world that it rejected. He offers readers a deepened understanding of Egyptian polytheism and elaborates on his concept of the "Mosaic distinction," which conceives an exclusive and emphatic Truth that sets religion apart from beliefs shunned as superstition, paganism, or heresy.Without a theory of polytheism, Assmann contends, any adequate understanding of monotheism is impossible. This work will be of great interest to anyone seeking to understand the relationship between God and gods. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
University of Wisconsin Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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