Egyptian ReligionCornell University Press, 1992 - 379 pagine Introducing the reader to the gods and their worshippers and to the ways in which they were related, this book focuses on the ever-present link between the human and the divine in Ancient Egypt. The book also examines the impact of Egyptian religion |
Sommario
Sources Meaning of religion in Egyptian | 3 |
Art Literature and drama Science Philology | 13 |
THE WORSHIPPERS | 42 |
DIVINE COMMANDMENTS GUIDANCE | 57 |
THE CONDUCT OF MEN | 81 |
a juridical relationship between God and man Sanctity | 95 |
ETHICS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO RELIGION page | 110 |
EGYPTIAN THEOLOGY | 137 |
the pyramids and Egyptian art Burial customs | 201 |
Concept of heaven Realm of the dead Historical | 210 |
ΙΟ SACRED WRITINGS page | 214 |
authorship Unity and variety in religious literature | 222 |
EGYPTIAN RELIGION AND THE OUTSIDE | 232 |
Beginning of contact with foreign lands Old Kingdom | 243 |
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GODS | 258 |
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | 272 |
Nature of Egyptian theology Local deities syncretism | 157 |
DEATH AND THE DEAD | 183 |
Creation of man God as lord of death Death part | 192 |
NOTES | 278 |
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