Jan Assmann

Egyptian Solar Religion in the New Kingdom (eBook, ePUB)

RE, Amun and the Crisis of Polytheism

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136159060
• Artikelnr.: 38249692

Autorenporträt

Jan Assmann, Translated from the German by Anthony Alcock

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 The mysteries of the sun cult: preliminary considerations. acting.
knowing. Part 2 The iconography of the solar journey: "icon" and
"constellation"; the icons of the solar journey reflected by the
traditional solar phases hymn. Part 3 The phenomenology of the solar
journey: historical aspects - the discarded image. theological aspects.
stylistic aspects - the transformation of the solar phases hymn. Part 4
Amun theology of the Early Period: eulogies from tombs - Hatshesput to
Amenophis II. Part 5 Ba - hiddenness and oneness: Theban Amun-Re theology
in the Ramesside Period I. preliminary observations. oneness and
hiddenness. transcendence and hidden unity. Part 6 Cosmic god and saviour:
Theban Amun-Re theology of the Ramesside Period II. creation. life. Part 7
Judge and saviour - the god of the individual: the problem of personal
piety life. saviour and helper of the oppressed. judge. "division of power"
and "representation.