The Price of Monotheism

by Jan Assmann

Book Overview

Nothing has so radically transformed the world as the distinction between true and false religion. In this nuanced consideration of his own controversial Moses the Egyptian, renowned Egyptologist Jan Assmann answers his critics, extending and building upon ideas from his previous book. Maintaining that it was indeed the Moses of the Hebrew Bible who introduced the true-false distinction in a permanent and revolutionary form, Assmann reiterates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804761604
• ISBN13: 9780804761604
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"