Moses of Monotheism
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Moses and Monotheism is a 1939 book written by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis.
It is a revision of his earlier essay, Moses the Egyptian.
It advances the argument that Moses was an Egyptian noble who adhered to Akhenaten's monotheistic religion and that the story of Moses was not an accurate historical account but rather a re-imagining of a primal crime: the murder of Moses.
In the book, Freud attempts to reconstruct historical events to demonstrate his theories about the development of religion and the origins of civilization, using psychoanalysis to interpret biblical narratives.
It is a revision of his earlier essay, Moses the Egyptian.
It advances the argument that Moses was an Egyptian noble who adhered to Akhenaten's monotheistic religion and that the story of Moses was not an accurate historical account but rather a re-imagining of a primal crime: the murder of Moses.
In the book, Freud attempts to reconstruct historical events to demonstrate his theories about the development of religion and the origins of civilization, using psychoanalysis to interpret biblical narratives.
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