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Nothing has so radically transformed the world as the distinction between true and false religion. In this nuanced consideration of his own controversial Moses
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Authors: Jan Assmann
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-30 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Moses is at the foundation of monotheism, and so of Western culture. Here the factual and fictional events and characters in religious beliefs are studied. It t
One True God
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Authors: Rodney Stark
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-04-13 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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Western history would be unrecognizable had it not been for people who believed in One True God. There would have been wars, but no religious wars. There would
Moses and Monotheism
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Categories: History
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The book consists of three essays and is an extension of Freud’s work on psychoanalytic theory as a means of generating hypotheses about historical events. Fr
Of God and Gods
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Authors: Jan Assmann
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-06-17 - Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

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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—was once a