In Freud Moses



freud believed moses former adherent religion of sun disc aten instituted pharaoh akhenaten (shown above), notion discredited modern scholars.


sigmund freud, in last book, moses , monotheism in 1939, postulated moses egyptian nobleman adhered monotheism of akhenaten. following theory proposed contemporary biblical critic, freud believed moses murdered in wilderness, producing collective sense of patricidal guilt has been @ heart of judaism ever since. judaism had been religion of father, christianity became religion of son , wrote. possible egyptian origin of moses , of message has received significant scholarly attention.


opponents of view observe religion of torah seems different atenism in except central feature of devotion single god, although has been countered variety of arguments, e.g. pointing out similarities between hymn aten , psalm 104. freud s interpretation of historical moses not accepted among historians, , considered pseudohistory many.








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