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Gods Priests & Men (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 1998. This volume brings together for the first time in a single volume the highly significant works on ancient Egyptian religion by Aylward Manley Blackman (1883-1956). A select bibliography provides an update and key to more recent work on topics discussed by Blackman.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 474
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136153860
• Artikelnr.: 38451157

Autorenporträt

Professor Aylward M Blackman (Author)

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Generalities: purification
righteousness
salvation
sin
myth and ritual in Ancient Egypt. Part 2 The cult of the dead: the significance of incense and libations in funerary and temple ritual
libations to the dead in Modern Nubia and Ancient Egypt
the Ka-house and the Serdab
some notes on the Ancient Egyptian practice of washing the dead
the rite of opening the mouth in Ancient Egypt and Babylonia. Part 3 The temple cult: priests and priesthood
on the position of women in the Ancient Egyptian hierarchy
worship
sacramental ideas and usages in Ancient Egypt
the house of the morning
the sequence of the episodes in the Egyptian daily temple liturgy
a study of the liturgy celebrated in the temple of the Aton at El-Amarna
the myth of Horus at Edfu II
the consecration of an Egyptian temple according to the use of Edfu
the significance of the ceremony Hwt Bhsw in the temple of Horus at Edfu. Part 4 The King: the Pharaoh's placenta and the moon-god Khons
the king of Egypt's grace before meat. Part 5 Communication between gods and men: oracles in Ancient Egypt I - papyrus B.M. 10335
oracles in Ancient Egypt II - B.M.
Ostraka and papyrus 10417.