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Apr 2022
21m 48s

The First Monotheistic Religion?

FILIP HOLM
About this episode

In this episode, we talk about the short-lived religion founded by the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten.



Sources/Further Reading:

Hornung, Erik (2001) "Akhenaten and the Religion of Light". Cornell University Press.


Hoffmeier, James K. (2015). "Akhenaten and the Origins of Monotheism". Oxford University Press.



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