Search for God in Ancient Egypt

Name: Search for God in Ancient Egypt
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ISBN: 9780801487293

ISBN-10: 0801487293

ISBN-13: 9780801487293

Edition: 2001

Authors: Jan Assmann, David Lorton

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Book details

Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 2/15/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Jan Assmann is professor of Egyptology at the University of Heidelberg.

Foreword to the German Edition
Translator's Note
Religion: Divine Presence and Transcendence	p. 1
The Dimensions of Divine Presence: The Implicit Theology of Egyptian Polytheism	p. 15
The Local or Cultic Dimension	p. 17
The Cosmos	p. 53
The Verbal or Mythic Dimension	p. 83
Myth	p. 111
On the Meaning of the Three Dimensions: Concluding Remarks	p. 149
Explicit Theology: The Development of Theological Discourse	p. 161
The Unity of Discourse	p. 163
Theodicy and Theology in the Middle Kingdom	p. 169
The New Gods	p. 189
Abbreviations	p. 245
Notes	p. 247
Bibliography	p. 259
Index	p. 269
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