Jan Assmann
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Jan Assmann
Jan Assmann was born in 1938. He is an Egyptologist, scholar of religious studies and cultural studies and was professor of Egyptology at the University of Heidelberg. He was a visiting profressor in Berlin, Munich, Paris, Jerusalem and the USA. He has been managing an excavation project in Luxor, Egypt, since 1978. Jan Assmann passed away on 19 February 2024 in Konstanz, at the age of 85.
Jan Assmann was born in 1938. He is an Egyptologist, scholar of religious studies and cultural studies and was professor of Egyptology at the University of Heidelberg. He was a visiting profressor in Berlin, Munich, Paris, Jerusalem and the USA. He has been managing an excavation project in Luxor, Egypt, since 1978. Jan Assmann passed away on 19 February 2024 in Konstanz, at the age of 85.
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Year of Publication: 2010
Jan AssmannYear of Publication: 2010
Religio duplex
The 17th century marked the birth of theology. It arose from questions about the origin of the Gods, polytheism and idolatry. Monotheism, everyone agreed, was the proto-religion: it was not the...
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