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Temple of the Whole World : Studies in Honour of Jan Assmann = Agypten : Tempel Der Gesammten Welt
The essays in this volume, all written by friends and disciples of the renowned Egyptologist Jan Assmann, reflect his tremendous impact on the scholar...
Ten Studies
In ten brilliant essays, Jan Assmann explores the connections between religion, culture, and memory. Building on Maurice Halbwachs's idea that memory,...
"Human beings," the acclaimed Egyptologist Jan Assmann writes, "are the animals that have to live with the knowledge of their death, and culture is th...
Writing, Remembrance, and Political Imagination
Now available to an English-speaking audience, this book presents a groundbreaking theoretical analysis of memory, identity and culture. It investigat...
First English-language edition, with revisions and additions by the author.This classic work by one of the world's most distinguished Egyptologists wa...
History and Meaning in the Time of the Pharaohs
Renowned historian Jan Assmann traces the Egyptian civilization from its beginnings in the fifth millennium B.C.E. until the rise of Christianity 4500...
Ancient Egypt and Religious Change
The shift from polytheism to monotheism changed the world radically. Akhenaten and Moses--a figure of history and a figure of tradition--symbolize thi...
Faith and Covenant in the Book of Exodus
"The Book of Exodus may be the most consequential story ever told. But its spectacular moments of heaven-sent plagues and parting seas overshadow its ...
Egypt, Israel, and the Rise of Monotheism
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—...
Re, Amun and the Crisis of Polytheism
First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company....
Nothing has so radically transformed the world as the distinction between true and false religion. In this nuanced consideration of his own controvers...
Moses is at the foundation of monotheism, and so of Western culture. Here the factual and fictional events and characters in religious beliefs are stu...
How the Enlightenment Reinvented Egyptian Religion
In this important new book, the distinguished Egyptologist Jan Assmann provides a masterful overview of a crucial theme in the religious history of th...
The Loop in Art, Film, Architecture, Music, Literature and Cultural History
The loop is omnipresent--whether in music and video art, or hotel lobbies and living rooms, where flickering flames or aquariums with ceaselessly dart...
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Now available to an English-speaking audience, this book presents a groundbreaking theoretical analysis of memory, identity, and culture. It investiga...
The Maccabean Wars