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  • Kelber-Cultural Memory, Biblical Studies, and Jan Assmann

    Cultural Memory, Biblical Studies, and Jan Assmann (1938-2024)

    by Werner Kelber

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    Assmann Cultural MemoryCultural memory has not been adequately appreciated in Anglo-American biblical scholarship, including Biblical Performance Criticism. The death of Jan Assman on February 19, 2024 offers an opportunity to focus renewed attention to his work on cultural memoryand to the usefulness of the conceptfor the interpretation of biblical texts.