Egyptian Solar Religion in the New Kingdom
Author: Jan Assmann
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 071030465X
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Author: Jan Assmann
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 071030465X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: Jan Assmann
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-11-12
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 1136159061
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Revised and expanded, this volume deals with the religious traditions of ancient Egypt, which have come down to us in a state which is both extremely fragmentary and complex. New material - especially hymns collected in Theban tombs - now allows a much more precise allocation of religious texts and ideas in terms of time, place and social context. Within the field of solar religion, no less than five different traditions have to be distinguished: 1) the liturgical traditions of the royal solar cult, which for their secrecy and exclusivity are labelled the "mysteries" of the sun cult; 2) the traditional mythology of the solar course expressed in hymns and pictorial representations; 3) the revolutionary process culminating in the Amarna period, which discards the mythic images and gives a monotheistic construction of the solar course, a process which starts before Akhenaten's revolution; 4) the theology of Amun-Re, the God of Thebes, before the Amarna Period, a theology of primacy where one god acts as chief of a pantheon; and 5) the quite different theology of this same Amun-Re after Amarna, a theology which answers the monotheistic experience by developing a kind of pantheism - the concept of the hidden god - who is both cosmic god and personal saviour.
Author: John Baines
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780801497865
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Author: James K. Hoffmeier
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015-01-15
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0199792143
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Pharaoh Akhenaten, who reigned for seventeen years in the fourteenth century B.C.E, is one of the most intriguing rulers of ancient Egypt. His odd appearance and his preoccupation with worshiping the sun disc Aten have stimulated academic discussion and controversy for more than a century. Despite the numerous books and articles about this enigmatic figure, many questions about Akhenaten and the Atenism religion remain unanswered. In Akhenaten and the Origins of Monotheism, James K. Hoffmeier argues that Akhenaten was not, as is often said, a radical advocating a new religion, but rather a primitivist: that is, one who reaches back to a golden age and emulates it. Akhenaten's inspiration was the Old Kingdom (2650-2400 B.C.E.), when the sun-god Re/Atum ruled as the unrivaled head of the Egyptian pantheon. Hoffmeier finds that Akhenaten was a genuine convert to the worship of Aten, the sole creator God, based on the Pharoah's own testimony of a theophany, a divine encounter that launched his monotheistic religious odyssey. The book also explores the Atenist religion's possible relationship to Israel's religion, offering a close comparison of the hymn to the Aten to Psalm 104, which has been identified by scholars as influenced by the Egyptian hymn. Through a careful reading of key texts, artworks, and archaeological studies, Hoffmeier provides compelling new insights into a religion that predated Moses and Hebrew monotheism, the impact of Atenism on Egyptian religion and politics, and the aftermath of Akhenaten's reign.
Author: Ashraf Iskander Sadek
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9783806781076
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Publisher: London : H. Grevel
Published: 1897
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Siegfried Morenz
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780801480294
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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
Author: Miroslav Verner
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 625
ISBN-13: 9774165632
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Despite the prominence of ancient temples in the landscape of Egypt, books about them are surprisingly rare; this new and essential publication from a prominent Czech scholar answers the need for a study that goes beyond temple architecture to examine the spiritual, economic and political aspects of these specific institutions and the dominant roles they played. Miroslav Verner presents a deeper and more complex study of major ancient Egyptian religious centers, their principal temples, their rise and decline, their religious doctrines, cults, rituals, feasts, and mysteries. Also discussed are the various categories of priests, the organization of the priesthood, and its daily services and customs. Each chapter offers the reader essential and up-to-date information about temple complexes and the history of their archaeological exploration, in the context of the spiritual dimension and cultural legacy of ancient Egypt.
Author: Alan W. Shorter
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Published: 2009-03-01
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 1434455149
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Three-fourths of the monuments of ancient Egypt are directly concerned with the religious beliefs of this enigmatic people. Alan W. Shorter discusses the most important facts about the Egyptian gods, their mythology, and more. Includes an expanded bibliography by Bonnie L. Petry.