Ralph Cudworth, 1617–1688
Ralph Cudworth, 1617–1688
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Author’s Note:
The following text completes my notes on chapter 3 of Jan Assmann’s Moses the Egyptian.
Although chapter 3 of Moses the Egyptian is entitled “Before the Law: John Spencer as Egyptologist,” the last quarter of the chapter is devoted to Ralph Cudworth (1617–1688), one of Spencer’s colleagues at Cambridge and a leading member of the Cambridge Platonists.
Jan Assmann
Jan Assmann
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Note de l’auteur :
Le texte suivant est une expérience. C’est la première d’une série de « notes » sur des chapitres choisis du livre de Jan Assmann, Moïse l’Egyptien. Mes principaux buts sont d’encourager plus de gens à lire le livre et de les préparer à le lire. (more…)
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Jan Assmann
Moses the Egyptian: The Memory of Egypt in Western Monotheism
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997
[Tr. fr.: Jan Assmann, Moïse l’Egyptien, Paris, Flammarion, coll. Champs, 2003.]
John Spencer, 1630–1693
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Author’s Note:
John Spencer, 1630–1693
Because of the positive responses — both online and offline — to my first set of notes, I have decided to continue the series until I have completed Moses the Egyptian. Then we will discuss Assmann’s subsequent books: The Price of Monotheism, Of God and Gods: Egypt, Israel, and the Rise of Monotheism, Religio Duplex: How the Enlightenment Reinvented Egyptian Religion, and the forthcoming From Akhenaten to Moses: Ancient Egypt and Religious Change. (more…)
Jan Assmann
Jan Assmann
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Author’s Note:
The following text is an experiment. It is the first of a series of “notes” on select chapters of Jan Assmann’s Moses the Egyptian
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English original here
Jan Assmann
Moises el Egipcio
Translated by Javier Alonso López
Madrid: Oberon, 2003
Cuando leí por primera vez Moisés el Egipcio de Jan Assmann en Junio de 1997, fue una experiencia que cambió mi vida. (more…)
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Translations: French, Slovak, Spanish
Jan Assmann
Moses the Egyptian: The Memory of Egypt in Western Monotheism
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997
When I first read Jan Assmann’s Moses the Egyptian in June of 1997, it was a life-changing experience. Moses the Egyptian belongs to the rarest genre of academic books: the bold and exciting ones. (more…)
