Month: November 2004

2004: Jan Assmann, “Rise of Monotheism in the Ancient World 01: What is Polytheism?”

Jan Assmann (1938-2024), “Rise of Monotheism in the Ancient World 01: What is Polytheism?” George L. Mosse Distinguished Lectureshttps://mosselectures.wisc.edu/program/ Tuesday, 30 November 2004, 19:00 IDT Recording and transcript below This lecture series was published as Of God and Gods: Egypt, Israel, and the Rise of Monotheism (Madison: University of Wisconsin Madison, 2008). Van-Leer Institute Jerusalem43 Jabotinsky …