Theos-Talk Archives (September 2004 Message tt00308)

stevestubbs wrote:
> I got that partly from Breasted's DAWN OF CONSCIENCE, which is none 
> of the derogatory things you mentioned. The story of wrestling with 
> an "el" is in Genesis and the descriptions of Mt. Sinai as a volcano 
> are in Exodus. 
Breasted was a noted atheist, and did have a stake in discrediting 
Judaism.

> I found out about Breasted's book reading Freud's 
> MOSES AND MONOTHEISM. Freud was a Jew and not a Nazi, etc. In fact 
> he was obliged to leave Austria to avoid the Nazis.
And he subscribed to the belief that, if religion was destroyed, 
religious hatred would disappear. Even Freud, himself, wrote, "the essay 
doesn't seem to me to be too well substantiated, nor do I like it 
entirely." and "This historical novel won't stand up to my own criticism."

Bart