The Search for God in Ancient Egypt

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Cornell University Press, 2001 - 275 pages

First English-language edition, with revisions and additions by the author.This classic work by one of the world's most distinguished Egyptologists was first published in German in 1984. The Search for God in Ancient Egypt offers a distillation of Jan Assmann's views on ancient Egyptian religion, with special emphasis on theology and piety. Deeply rooted in the texts of ancient Egypt and thoroughly informed by comparative religion, theology, anthropology, and semiotic analysis, Assmann's interpretations reveal the complexity of Egyptian thought in a new way.Assmann takes special care to distinguish between the "implicit" theology of Egyptian polytheism and the "explicit" theology that is concerned with exploring the problem of the divine. His discussion of polytheism and mythology addresses aspects of ritual, the universe, and myth; his consideration of explicit theology deals with theodicy and the specifics of Amarna religion.

 

Table des matières

PART ONE THE DIMENSIONS
15
The Cosmos53
53
The Cosmos
80
Myth111
111
THE DEVELOPMENT
161
The New Gods189
189
Abbreviations245
245
Droits d'auteur

Autres éditions - Tout afficher

Expressions et termes fréquents

Fréquemment cités

Page 264 - XIV. Le rituel du culte divin journalier en Egypte d'après les papyrus de Berlin et les textes du temple de Séti Ier, à Abydos, par ALEXANDRE MORET.
Page 259 - ASSMANN, Primat und Transzendenz: Struktur und Genese der ägyptischen Vorstellung eines höchsten Wesens (in: Aspekte der ägyptischen Religion, hg.

À propos de l'auteur (2001)

Jan Assmann is Professor of Egyptology at Heidelberg University and the 1998 winner of the prestigious Deutsche Historikerpreis (German History Prize). David Lorton, an Egyptologist, has translated other Cornell books, including The Twilight of Ancient Egypt: First Millennium B.C.E. by Karol Mysliwiec and The Priests of Ancient Egypt, New Edition by Serge Sauneron.

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