THE EXODUS IN BIBLICAL MEMORY.

The article discusses the Biblical story of exodus in and its implications in biblical and collective cultural memory. The author explores author Jan Assmann and his analysis of a type of cultural memory called mnemohistory. Topics include the history of ancient Egyptian pharaohs' capture of Canaani...

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Publicado en:	Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 120; no. 4; pp. 601 - 623
Autor principal:	Hendel, Ronald
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Society of Biblical Literature Winter2001
Materias:	Exodus, The Moses (Biblical leader) Jewish history > To 1200 B.C. Plagues of Egypt New Kingdom, Egypt, ca. 1550-ca. 1070 B.C. Collective memory Canaanites Assmann, Jan
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Sumario:	The article discusses the Biblical story of exodus in and its implications in biblical and collective cultural memory. The author explores author Jan Assmann and his analysis of a type of cultural memory called mnemohistory. Topics include the history of ancient Egyptian pharaohs' capture of Canaanite slaves, Yahweh's sending of a pestilence to Egypt in the Hebrew Bible in relation to Egyptian inscriptions, and the history of the biblical figure Moses.