Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt

Name: Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt
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ISBN: 9780812210453

ISBN-10: 081221045X

ISBN-13: 9780812210453

Edition: 1973 (Reprint)

Authors: James H. Breasted, John A. Wilson

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"A monument and a classic. . . . In this book we find the impact of nature upon religion in the abounding land of Egypt; the first skepticism and questionings of the system; the search for social justice as an answer to social woes, and the consequent sei

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1973
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 10/1/1972
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034



Foreword



Preface



Nature and the State Make Their Impression on Religion - Earliest Systems



Life after Death - The Sojourn in the Tomb - Death Makes Its Impression on Religion



Realms of the Dead - The Pyramid Texts - The Ascent to the Sky



Realms of the Dead - The Earliest Celestial Hereafter



The Osirianization of the Hereafter



Mergence of the Moral Sense - Moral Worthiness and the Hereafter - Scepticism and the Problem of Suffering



The Social Forces Make Their Impression on Religion - The Earliest Social Regeneration



Popularization of the Old Royal Hereafter - Triumph of Osiris - Conscience and the Book of the Dead - Magic and Morals



The Imperial Age - The World-State Makes Its Impression on Religion - Earliest Monotheism - Ikhnaton



The Age of Personal Piety - Sacerdotalism and Final Decadence


Index