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Moses and Monotheism (German: Der Mann Moses und die monotheistische Religion, lit. ' The man Moses and the monotheist religion ') is a 1939 book about the origins of monotheism written by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis.
Nov 14, 2006 · Moses And Monotheism. by. Freud,Sigmund. Publication date. 1939. Topics. RELIGION. THEOLOGY, Prehistoric and primitive religions. Publisher.
Moses and Monotheism 11 Moses and Monotheism: Guilt and the Murder of the Primal Father The phenomenon of Jewish monotheism is as puzzling today as it was in the 19th century. It is, perhaps, even more so, because the rich discoveries in this century of the life and re ligions of near-eastern peoples of the first two pre-Christian
Freud contradicts the biblical story of Moses with his own retelling of events, claiming that Moses only led his close followers into freedom during an unstable period in Egyptian history after...
Moses and monotheism. Knopf. Abstract. The derivation of the name Moses from the Egyptian vocabulary and the divergence of the Moses legend from all others support the hypothesis that Moses was an Egyptian.
He accepts the hypothesis that Moses was murdered in the wilderness, but that his memory was cherished by the people and that his religious doctrine ultimately triumphed. Freud develops his general theory of monotheism, which enabled him to throw light on the development of Judaism and Christianity.
Echoing the Oedipal narrative of Totem and Taboo, Freud argued that Moses was in fact an Egyptian prince and follower of the heretical monotheistic pharaoh Akhenaten. Moses imposed the harsh strictures of his monotheism on the Jewish people, who subsequently murdered him in an act of rebellion.
