Exploring Religion in Ancient Egypt

Stephen Quirke (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

280 Seiten

2014
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4443-3199-8 (ISBN)

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Exploring Religion in Ancient Egypt offers a stimulating overview of the study of ancient Egyptian religion by examining research drawn from beyond the customary boundaries of Egyptology and shedding new light on entrenched assumptions.

Discusses the evolution of religion in ancient Egypt – a belief system that endured for 3,000 years
Dispels several modern preconceptions about ancient Egyptian religious practices
Reveals how people in ancient Egypt struggled to secure well-being in the present life and the afterlife

Stephen Quirke is Professor of Egyptology in the Institute for Archaeology at University College London, and Curator at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. His books include The Cult of Ra: Sun-Worship in Ancient Egypt (2001), Egyptian Literature 1800 BC: Questions and Readings (2004), and Lahun: A Town in Egypt 1800 BC, and the History of its Landscape (2005).

Preface vi

1 Belief without a Book 1

2 Finding the Sacred in Space and Time 38

3 Creating Sacred Space and Time: Temple Architecture and Festival 80

4 Chaos and Life: Forces of Creation and Destruction 110

5 Being Good: Doing, Saying, and Making Good Possible 150

6 Being Well 177

7 Attaining Eternal Life: Sustenance and Transformation 201

Bibliography 238

Index 256

Reihe/Serie	Blackwell Ancient Religions
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 231 mm
Gewicht	499 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4443-3199-X / 144433199X
ISBN-13	978-1-4443-3199-8 / 9781444331998
Zustand	Neuware