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| Title: | Ancient Egyptians
: Beliefs & Practices, 2nd Edition |
| Series: | (Beliefs & Practices Series) |
| Author: | Rosalie David |
| ISBN: | 1898723729 : 9781898723721 |
| Illustrations: | 8 plates of b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 140x215mm |
| Pages: | 262 |
| Weight: | .436 Kg. |
| Published: | Sussex Academic Press - January 1998 |
| List Price: | 14.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | African history: BCE to c500 CE: Social & cultural history |
This book traces the evolution of religious beliefs and practices within the historical and political contexts of the main periods of Egypt's civilisation.
Contents: Preface; A Survey of the Historical Development of Religion in Ancient Egypt; Introduction; The Predynastic and Early Dynastic Communities; The Predynastic societies; The Dynastic Race; The political and social organisation of the Naqada II communities; The Unification of Egypt; The political organisation of the Early Dynastic period; Religious beliefs and practices during the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods ; The contribution of the Archaic Period; The Old Kingdom; Organisation of the society; Religious organisation; Cosmogonies; The cult of Re‘; The Wisdom Literature; The funerary beliefs and customs of the Old Kingdom; The Pyramid Texts; The tombs of the nobility; Tomb art -- the underlying principles; The decline of the Old Kingdom; The First Intermediate Period and the; Middle Kingdom; Collapse of the society; Restoration of political order; The Middle Kingdom; Religious developments in Dynasties 11 and 12; Royal funerary monuments of Dynasties 11 and 12; The royal jewellery of the Middle Kingdom; A pyramid workmen's village; Osiris and the democratisation of funerary beliefs; The tombs of the nobles during the First Intermediate; Period and the Middle Kingdom ; Tomb equipment and furniture; The New Kingdom; The period of Hyksos rule; The role of Amen-Re‘ (Amun); The Egyptian temple; The priesthood; The role of religion in education; The role of religion in the law; The role of religion in medicine; Household gods and personal piety; The relationship between Egyptian and foreign cults and deities; Funerary beliefs and practices in the New Kingdom; The court of Amenophis III; History of the Aten; Aspects of Atenism; The counter-revolution; Some Contributions made by Egyptian Religion to other Religions; Index.
"An excellent reference for students and experts in the field of Egyptology." -- http//www.ptahhotep.com/reviews.html "A readable inroduction to the main themes - creation myths and solar beliefs, priesthood and ritual, Osiris and the theology of kingship, architecture and iconongraphy - set into the context of Egyptian history as it develops over two and a half millennia." -- The Expository Times.
