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DescriptionA groundbreaking account of how the Book of Exodus shaped fundamental aspects of Judaism, Christianity, and IslamThe Book of Exodus may be the most consequential story ever told. But its spectacular moments of heaven-sent plagues and parting seas overshadow its true significance, says Jan Assmann, a leading historian of ancient religion. The story of Moses guiding the enslaved children of Israel out of captivity to become Gods chosen people is the foundation of an entirely new idea of religion, one that lives on today in many of the worlds faiths. First introduced in Exodus, new ideas of faith, revelation, and above all covenant transformed basic assumptions about humankinds relationship to the divine and became the bedrock of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.About the AuthorJan Assmann is honorary professor of cultural studies at the University of Konstanz and professor emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Heidelberg. He is the author of many books, including Cultural Memory and Early Civilization and Moses the Egyptian.
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