Moses and Monotheism is a book by Sigmund Freud. It was first published in 1939. In it, Freud argues that Moses was actually an Ancient Egyptian and in some way related to Akhenaten, an ancient Egyptian monotheist. The book was written in three parts and was a departure from the rest of Freud's work on psychoanalytic theory. The book does contain discussion of Freud's psychoanalytic thinking but was intended as a work of history. Sigmund Freud (May 6, 1856–September 23, 1939; IPA pronunciation: []) was a Jewish-Austrian neurologist and the co-founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology. ... Moses with the Tablets, 1659, by Rembrandt This article is about the Biblical figure. ... Khafres Pyramid (4th dynasty) and Great Sphinx of Giza (c. ... Neferkheperre-waenre Beautiful are the forms of Re, the one of Re Nomen Akhenaten He who is beneficial to the Aten (after Year 4 of his reign) Amenhotep Horus name Kanakht-Meryaten The strong bull, beloved of the Aten Nebty name Wernesytemakhetaten Great of kingship in Akhetaten Golden Horus Wetjesrenenaten... In theology, monotheism (Greek μόνος(monos) = single and θεός(theos) = God) is the belief in the existence of one deity or God, or in the oneness of God. ... Psychoanalytic theory is a general term for approaches to psychoanalysis which attempt to provide a conceptual framework more-or-less independent of clinical practice rather than based on empirical analysis of clinical cases. ...
In Moses and Monotheism, Freud contradicts the Biblical story of Moses with his own retelling of events claiming that Moses only led his close followers into freedom and that they subsequently killed Moses in rebellion either to his strong faith or to circumcision. Freud explains that years after the murder of Moses, the rebels formed a religion which promoted Moses as the Saviour of the Israelites. Freud said that the guilt from the murder of Moses is inherited through the generations; this guilt then drives the Jews to religion to make them feel better. This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library of Congress. ... An Israelite is a member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of the Biblical patriarch Jacob who was renamed Israel by God in the book of Genesis, 32:28 The Israelites were a group of Hebrews, as described in the Bible. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
The man Moses, who set the Jewish people free, who gave them their laws and founded their religion, dates from such remote times (thirteenth or fourteenth century B.C.) that we cannot evade a preliminary enquiry as to whether he was a historical personage or a creature of legend.
The name, Moses, was Egyptian, coming from the Egyptian word "mose" meaning "child." The recognition that the name of Moses is Egyptian has not been considered decisive evidence of his origin, and no further conclusions have been drawn from it.
When Moses brought the people the idea of a single god, it was not a novelty but signified the revival of an experience in the primeval ages of the human family which had long vanished from men's conscious memory.
If Moses was governor of a providence such as Gosen, were certain Semitic tribes had settled, while still holding his religious convictions and hoping to keep his political ambitions alive, he might have adopted these people as his own because most Egyptians were reverting back to their former polytheistic religion.
In Midian, Moses no longer was the needed leader as he had been in Egypt, therefore, the deed of freeing the people was attributed to Jahve, or God; and this was signified by Moses, who became the mediator between God and the people, receiving the Ten Commandments.
Moses' act of breaking the tablets has to be has to be seem symbolically as "he has broken the law," which is inscribed to Moses himself to impute his angry indignation.
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