The Invention of Religion by Assmann, Jan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of Illustrations Foreword Introduction Part One | General Foundations

Chapter One: Theme and Structure of the Book of Exodus

Exodus (Chapters 1–15)

God Reveals His Name God Reveals His Power

Sinai—Calling, Covenant, and Law (Chapters 15–24)

The Way to Sinai God Reveals the Covenant

Divine Presence (Chapters 25–40)

God Reveals the Tabernacle Revelation of the Divine Being: Breach and Reconciliation The Tabernacle Is Built The Revelation Concludes: God’s Permanent Presence

Chapter Two: The Historical Background: Event and Remembrance

Memories

The Hyksos Amarna Ḥabiru/ʿapiru Waves of Migration, Sea Peoples Theocracy

Experiences

Chapter Three: Textual History and the History of Meaning

Part Two | The Exodus

Bondage in Egypt The Birth of the Child Moses’s Childhood and Upbringing

Chapter Five: God Reveals His Name: Moses at the Burning Bush

Moses Is Called God Renews His Promise Excursus I: The Burning Bush in Schoenberg’s Opera Moses und Aron I Am That I Am

Chapter Six: Signs and Wonders: God Reveals His Power

Part Three | The Covenant

Chapter Seven: The Calling of the People

Holy People and Portable Fatherland The Torah as Memory The Development of the Covenant Idea: Bridal and Filial Metaphors

Chapter Eight: Treaty and Law

Chapter Nine: Resistance: Moses and the Violent Fate of the Prophets

Murmuring in the Desert The Murder of Moses? The Violent Fate of the Prophets

Chapter Ten: The Institutionalization of Divine Presence

YHWH Comes to Dwell among His People The Golden Calf: The Original Sin against the Covenant Excursus V: The Golden Calf in Schoenberg’s Opera Moses und Aron A “Book of the Temple”?

Conclusion

Narrative, Historical, and Performative Truth Revelation Out of Egypt Exodus as Political Myth Exodus and Monotheism

Notes Bibliography Illustration Credits Index