Religion in Ancient Egypt
Author: John Baines
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780801497865
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Lectures given at a symposium held in 1987, sponsored by Fordham University.
Author: John Baines
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780801497865
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Lectures given at a symposium held in 1987, sponsored by Fordham University.
Author: William Matthew Flinders Petrie
Publisher: Binker North
Published: 1906
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Religion of Ancient Egypt is a classic religious studies text by the great pioneering English egyptologist, W. M. Flinders Petrie. Before dealing with the special varieties of the Egyptians' belief in gods, it is best to try to avoid a misunderstanding of their whole conception of the supernatural. The term god has come to tacitly imply to our minds such a highly specialised group of attributes, that we can hardly throw our ideas back into the more remote conceptions to which we also attach the same name.
Author: Stephen Quirke
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 1993-01
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780486274270
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Rosalie David
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2002-10-03
Total Pages: 471
ISBN-13: 0141941383
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The ancient Egyptians believed that the Nile - their life source - was a divine gift. Religion and magic permeated their civilization, and this book provides a unique insight into their religious beliefs and practices, from 5000 BC to the 4th century AD, when Egyptian Christianity replaced the earlier customs. Arranged chronologically, this book provides a fascinating introduction to the world of half-human/ half-animal gods and goddesses; death rituals, the afterlife and mummification; the cult of sacred animals, pyramids, magic and medicine. An appendix contains translations of Ancient Eygtian spells.
Author: Emily Teeter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011-06-13
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 0521848555
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is a vivid reconstruction of ancient Egyptian religious rituals that were enacted in temples, tombs, and private homes.
Author: Alfred Wiedemann
Publisher: London : H. Grevel
Published: 1897
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ahmed Osman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2005-04-19
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1591438853
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Contends that the roots of Christian belief come not from Judaea but from Egypt • Shows that the Romans fabricated their own version of Christianity and burned the Alexandrian library as a way of maintaining political power • Builds on the arguments of the author's previous books The Hebrew Pharaohs of Egypt, Moses and Akhenaten, and Jesus in the House of the Pharaohs In Christianity: An Ancient Egyptian Religion author Ahmed Osman contends that the roots of Christian belief spring not from Judaea but from Egypt. He compares the chronology of the Old Testament and its factual content with ancient Egyptian records to show that the major characters of the Hebrew scriptures--including Solomon, David, Moses, and Joshua--are based on Egyptian historical figures. He further suggests that not only were these personalities and the stories associated with them cultivated on the banks of the Nile, but the major tenets of Christian belief--the One God, the Trinity, the hierarchy of heaven, life after death, and the virgin birth--are all Egyptian in origin. He likewise provides a convincing argument that Jesus himself came out of Egypt. With the help of modern archaeological findings, Osman shows that Christianity survived as an Egyptian mystery cult until the fourth century A.D., when the Romans embarked on a mission of suppression and persecution. In A.D. 391 the Roman-appointed Bishop Theophilus led a mob into the Serapeum quarter of Alexandria and burned the Alexandrian library, destroying all records of the true Egyptian roots of Christianity. The Romans' version of Christianity, manufactured to maintain political power, claimed that Christianity originated in Judaea. In Christianity: An Ancient Egyptian Religion Osman restores Egypt to its rightful place in the history of Christianity.
Author: Henri Frankfort
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-06-22
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 048614495X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Fascinating study finds underlying unity in Egyptian religions — the concept of the changeless. Relation of religion to Egyptian society, government, art, more. 32 halftones.
Author: Erik Hornung
Publisher:
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An excellent historical overview of the gods... It is a recommended necessary reading for those studying Ancient Egyptian religion.―Frankie's Reviews in Egyptology A work of extraordinary distinction, Hornung's book will appeal to anyone interested in ancient Egypt, in ancient religion, and in the history of religion, as well as students and scholars of ancient history, anthropology, and archaeology. Osiris, Horus, Isis, Thoth, Anubis - the many strange and compelling figures of the Egyptian gods and goddesses seem to possess endless fascination. The renowned Egyptologist Erik Hornung here studies the ancient Egyptians' conceptions of god, basing his account on a thorough reappraisal of the primary sources. His book, now available in English for the first time, is the most extensive exploration yet undertaken of the nature of Egyptian religion. Hornung examines the characteristics, spheres of action, and significance of Egyptian gods and goddesses, analyzing the complex and changing iconography used to represent them, and disentangling the many seemingly contradictory aspects of the religion of which they are a part. He seeks to answer two basic questions: How did the Egyptians themselves see their gods? Did they believe there was an impersonal, anonymous force behind the multiplicity of their deities? Throughout, he attempts to evoke the complexity and richness of the religion of the ancient Egyptians and of their worldview, which differs so greatly from our own. Sensitively translated by John Baines and with a new preface by the author, this edition has been amplified and updated with an English-language audience in mind.