Title Of God and gods : Egypt, Israel, and the rise of monotheism / Jan Assmann

Published Madison, Wisc. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 196 pages) Series George L. Mosse series in modern European cultural and intellectual history George L. Mosse series in modern European cultural and intellectual history. Contents Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; 1. Understanding Polytheism: The Three-Dimensional Structure of the Divine World ; 2. Seth the Iconoclast: Polytheism and the Language of Violence ; 3. All Gods are One: Evolutionary and Inclusive Monotheism ; 4. The Axial Age and the Separation of State and Religion: Monotheism as an Axial Movement ; 5. Five Steps toward Canonization: Tradition, Scripture, and the Origin of the Hebrew Bible ; 6. No God but God: Exclusive Monotheism and the Language of Violence ; Conclusion: The Mosaic Distinction ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-184) and index Notes Print version record Subject Henotheism -- Egypt -- History Henotheism -- Israel -- History Monotheism -- Egypt -- History Monotheism -- Israel -- History RELIGION -- Theism. Henotheism Monotheism Egypt Israel Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780299225537 0299225534 9780299225506 029922550X 9780299225544 0299225542

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