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Of God and gods : Egypt, Israel, and the rise of monotheism / Jan Assmann.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: George L. Mosse series in modern European cultural and intellectual historyPublication details: Madison, Wisc. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2008.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 196 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780299225537
  • 0299225534
  • 9780299225506
  • 029922550X
  • 9780299225544
  • 0299225542
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Of God and gods.DDC classification:
  • 211/.309 22
LOC classification:
  • BL221 .A88 2008eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; 1. Understanding Polytheism: The Three-Dimensional Structure of the Divine World ; 2. Seth the Iconoclast: Polytheism and the Language of Violence ; 3. All Gods are One: Evolutionary and Inclusive Monotheism ; 4. The Axial Age and the Separation of State and Religion: Monotheism as an Axial Movement ; 5. Five Steps toward Canonization: Tradition, Scripture, and the Origin of the Hebrew Bible ; 6. No God but God: Exclusive Monotheism and the Language of Violence ; Conclusion: The Mosaic Distinction ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)303213

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-184) and index.

Print version record.

Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; 1. Understanding Polytheism: The Three-Dimensional Structure of the Divine World ; 2. Seth the Iconoclast: Polytheism and the Language of Violence ; 3. All Gods are One: Evolutionary and Inclusive Monotheism ; 4. The Axial Age and the Separation of State and Religion: Monotheism as an Axial Movement ; 5. Five Steps toward Canonization: Tradition, Scripture, and the Origin of the Hebrew Bible ; 6. No God but God: Exclusive Monotheism and the Language of Violence ; Conclusion: The Mosaic Distinction ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index.