Moses And Monotheism.
by Freud, Sigmund
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. Moses and Monotheism is an in depth examination of the characteristics of monotheistic religion as it developed within both the Jewish and Christian faiths. Freud concludes that the legendary figure of Moses was, in fact, and Egyptian and so brought what would become Judaism to Israel from his native country of Egypt. The book was met with great controversy and "delivered a shock to many of his admirers", according to his contemporary Joseph Campbell. Philosopher Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen wrote that in the book Freud applied to history "the same method of interpretation that he used in the privacy of his office to 'reconstruct' his patients' forgotten and repressed memories.
Synopsis
"To deny a people the man whom it praises as the greatest of its sons is not a deed to be undertaken lightheartedly--especially by one belonging to that people," states Sigmund Freud in Moses & Monotheism . Freud puts forth the idea that Moses was an Egyptian nobleman, and that the Jewish religion was Egyptian in origin in this controversial essay.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67018
- Title
- Moses And Monotheism.
- Author
- Freud, Sigmund
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Frederick Oswald Hartwig, Moses And Monotheism First Edition, pauline freud, sigmund freud
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