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Video: Exodus and Memory: Remembering the Origin of Israel and Monotheism

Jan Assmann discusses text & memory at UCSD's recent Out of Egypt conference

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University of Konstanz scholar Jan Assmann delivered the keynote lecture “Exodus and Memory: Remembering the Origin of Israel and Monotheism” at the recent Out of Egypt: Israel’s Exodus Between Text and Memory, History and Imagination conference hosted by Calit2’s Qualcomm Institute at UC San Diego. Watch the full lecture video below or click here for more information on the conference, including dozens of additional video lectures.

Lecture video courtesy of conference host Thomas E. Levy, distinguished professor and Norma Kershaw Chair in the Archaeology of Ancient Israel and Neighboring Lands at UCSD. All videos originally published on the Out of Egypt: Israel’s Exodus Between Text and Memory, History and Imagination website, which features additional Exodus research and more information on the UCSD conference.
 

 
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