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by Sigmund Freud (Author)
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"To deny a people the man whom it praises as the greatest of its sons is not a deed to be undertaken lightheartedly--especially by one belonging to that people," writes Sigmund Freud, as he prepares to pull the carpet out from under The Great Lawgiver in Moses and Monotheism. In this, his last book, Freud argues that Moses was an Egyptian nobleman and that the Jewish religion was in fact an Egyptian import to Palestine. Freud also writes that Moses was murdered in the wilderness, in a reenactment of the primal crime against the father. Lingering guilt for this crime, Freud says, is the reason Christians understand Jesus' death as sacrificial. "The 'redeemer' could be none other than the one chief culprit, the leader of the brother-band who had overpowered the father." Hence the basic difference between Judaism and Christianity: "Judaism had been a religion of the father, Christianity became a religion of the son." Freud's arguments are extremely imaginative, and his distinction between reality and fantasy, as always, is very loose. If only as a study of wrong-headedness, however, it's fascinating reading for those who want to explore the psychological impulses governing the historical relationship between Christians and Jews. --Michael Joseph Gross


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Freud's speculations on various aspects of religion where he explains various characteristics of the Jews in their relations with the Christians.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Identity search amid the Holocaust, Jun 14 2009
By MC (ON, Canada) - See all my reviews
Freud's last book is a multi-layered attempt to reconcile his trademark theories on religion and psychosocial development with his own identity as a Jew. It was written partly in Austria, as the Nazi movement picked up speed, and finished in London where the author found refuge.

The essays join together the main ideas from "Totem and Taboo" and "The Future of an Illusion" in a study of the Jewish (and Catholic) founding texts. He believed the biblical Moses to be an Egyptian, who imposed his failed religion on a wandering tribe nearby. The Oedipus effect ensued, leading to collective repression. Thus, widespread belief in one god is a symptom of our repressed guilt for having murdered Moses thousands of years ago. Through it all, you can hear the author's voice, desperately attempting to grasp what it really means to be one of the chosen people of Moses during the Holocaust.

If you liked this I would highly recommend:
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World - René Girard
Erotism - Georges Bataille
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5.0 out of 5 stars a fascinating work, April 16 2006
The premise of this book is that the biblical character Moses, rather than being born into an ancient Hebrew family was in fact Egyptian. It further postulates that the concept of the Monotheism was originated by an Egyptian Pharoah named Ikhnaton and was subsequently adopted by the ancient Israelites. Rather than playing the role as described in the book of Exodus, the Egyptian Moses brought Monotheism to the Hebrews after the Egyptians rejected it in favour of their traditional polytheistic beliefs. Freud supports his theory with a number of interesting ideas including the fact that the etymology of the word Moses is Egyptian, all the while acknowledging that there is indeed room for doubt in his hypothesis. I find this work fascinating and at times convincing.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I never knew..., Feb 28 2004
By Kristin Bennett "Kimby" (SEATTLE!!) - See all my reviews
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I did not know all of this about Freud, and I just remember being in the bookstore, loving the cover, realizing he was who wrote it and I had to get it, and I loved it. Loved it. It is a pretty fast read, but I did end up reading it more than once to really grasp it...I think I might start reading it again now...
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4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, but not for its accuracy.
My title sums up my feelings about this book. I've read a bit of Freud, but this book, so far, is the most interesting, engaging, and engrossing of the lot. Read more
Published on Dec 25 2003 by LEs

5.0 out of 5 stars Religion as the manifestation of the collective unconscious
This is the last book written by Freud. Moses and Monotheism was published in totum in 1939, the year Freud died in London, where he got residence along with his family to scape... Read more
Published on April 22 2003 by Roberto P. De Ferraz

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful
An excellent work of Freud. This thesis is not misses for nobody. The scholars know that the judaism is an endless mixture of foreign concepts, that it has been benefitted of... Read more
Published on Jul 21 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars a very thought provoking work
I found this book very enlightening, not because the premise is necessarily factual, but because through Freud's alternative ideas on the Moses legend we gain additional insight... Read more
Published on April 5 2002 by Brad Saltzberg

3.0 out of 5 stars Admit it! You hate your Dad!
This is my favorite nut book of all time, principally because it was written by THE most original thinker of the 20th century. Read more
Published on Jan 12 2002 by the wizard of uz

5.0 out of 5 stars Moses Legend Revealed
An outstanding and audacious book.
Not to many people have knowledge of this subject on Freud's writings. Read more
Published on Nov 12 2001 by Mario Porto

5.0 out of 5 stars Understanding an image of God
I feel this short book is well worth reading. Freud, at the time, was debating whether to leave Nazi-occupied Austria and was deeply afraid that the public would misinterpret... Read more
Published on Oct 9 2001 by sheshet

2.0 out of 5 stars Freuds lamest book
Freud speculated two Moses: an Egyptian nobleman who lived near the time of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaton, the founder of the world's first monotheism, who gave the Hebrews a... Read more
Published on Jul 23 2001 by Craig Chalquist, PhD, author o...

4.0 out of 5 stars fascinating but very speculative
This is a fairly obscure and especially speculative work of Freud's, published originally in the year he died. The argument is fascinating. Read more
Published on Dec 23 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant and capitivating essay on monotheism.
This is one of the best books I have ever read. It's a page turner -- a brilliant uncovering of the historical Moses. Read more
Published on Oct 13 1998

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