Authors: Rosalie David
ISBN-13: 9780140262520, ISBN-10: 0140262520
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Date Published: December 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Rosalie David is Professor and Keeper of Egyptology at the Manchester Museum, University of Manchester. She has taught university courses on ancient Egyptian religion and has edited or authored more than twenty books.
Every aspect of ancient Egyptian society-from education and law to medicine, birth, and death-was permeated by religion and magic, and dominated by divine life forces of the sun and the Nile. In this fascinating work, Rosalie David reveals the complex and intriguing world of gods and goddesses, tracing the history of Egyptian faith practices from the civilization's beginning through its growth into an empire and its later years as a Roman province. Concluding with a glossary and including new translations of Egyptian spells, this is an essential work for students, scholars, or anyone fascinated by the ancient world.
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A Chronological Table of Egyptian History | ||
Ch. 1 | The Creation of Egyptian Civilization | 1 |
Ch. 2 | The Emergence of Religion: Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods, c.5000-2686 B.C.E. | 37 |
Ch. 3 | The Rise of the Sun-Cult: The Old Kingdom, c.2686-c.2181 B.C.E. | 77 |
Ch. 4 | Osiris, the People's God: The First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom, c.2181-1786 B.C.E. | 137 |
Ch. 5 | Religion and Empire: Transition from the Second Intermediate Period to the Early New Kingdom, 1786-c.1400 B.C.E. | 178 |
Ch. 6 | The Amarna Heresy: The New Kingdom, c.1400-c.1320 B.C.E. | 212 |
Ch. 7 | The Return to Orthodoxy: Later New Kingdom, c.1320-1085 B.C.E. | 246 |
Ch. 8 | Kings and Priests: The Final Conflict: The Third Intermediate and Late Periods, 1085-332 B.C.E. | 292 |
Ch. 9 | East meets West: Conflict and Co-operation in Graeco-Roman Egypt: 332 B.C.E.-4th century A.C.E. | 318 |
App. A | Selected Passages from Egyptian Religious Texts | 345 |
App. B | A Selective List of Major Religious Sites in Egypt and Nubia | 364 |
Notes | 381 | |
Glossary | 392 | |
Bibliography | 434 | |
Index | 455 |