From Akhenaten to Moses: Ancient Egypt and Religious Change

by Jan Assmann

Book Overview

A critical examination of the origins and development of monotheism, now in paperback

The shift from polytheism to monotheism changed the world radically. Akhenaten and Moses--a figure of history and a figure of tradition--symbolize this shift in its incipient, revolutionary stages and represent two civilizations that were brought into the closest connection as early as the Book of Exodus, where Egypt stands for the old world to be rejected...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 977416749X
• ISBN13: 9789774167492
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 7.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 9.0"