Jan Assmann Books
The Mind of Egypt: History and Meaning in the Time of the Pharaohs
By Jan Assmann
"The Mind of Egypt presents an unprecedented account of the mainsprings of Egyptian civilization - the ideas, values, mentalities, belief systems, and aspirations that shaped the first territorial...
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Moses the Egyptian: The Memory of Egypt in Western Monotheism
By Jan Assmann
To account for the complexities of the foundational event in the establishment of monotheism, Moses the Egyptian goes back to the short-lived monotheistic revolution of the Egyptian king Akhenaten...
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The mind of Egypt
By Jan Assmann
"The Mind of Egypt presents an unprecedented account of the mainsprings of Egyptian civilization - the ideals, values, mentalities, belief systems, and aspirations that shaped the first territorial...
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