THE PUBLICATION OF JAN ASSMANN'S MOSES THE EGYPTIAN (1997) has provided the grounds for a revitalization of the study of images of Moses in subsequent culture and, more specifically, the images of Moses in Modern Jewish Literature. (1) The book's subtitle, The Memory of Egypt in Western Monotheism, encapsulates Assmann's two major concerns: first, how the memory of Egypt has affected western monotheism and much of western culture; second, the theoretical relationship between history ...