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Of God and Gods: Egypt, Israel, and the Rise of Monotheism
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Of God and Gods: Egypt, Israel, and the Rise of Monotheism Paperback - 2008 - 1st Edition

by Jan Assmann


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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. Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the American Association of School Librarians, and Best Books for Special Interests, selected by the Public Library Association

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  • Title Of God and Gods: Egypt, Israel, and the Rise of Monotheism
  • Author Jan Assmann
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI
  • Date 2008-05
  • ISBN 9780299225544 / 0299225542
  • Weight 0.63 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.94 x 6.09 x 0.51 in (22.71 x 15.47 x 1.30 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Henotheism - Egypt - History, Henotheism - Israel - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007040021
  • Dewey Decimal Code 211.309

About the author

Jan Assmann is professor emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Heidelberg. He is also Honorary Professor of Cultural Theory at Konstanz University and had been a visiting professor at the cole des Hautes tudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, Yale University, the University of Chicago, and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. A prize-winning scholar, he has published extensively on religious history and ancient Egypt.
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