Author: John Gwyn Griffiths
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004060968
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Rev. and enl. ed. of: The origins of Osiris. 1966. (Mèunchner èagyptologische Studien; 9)
The Origins of Osiris and His Cult
Author: John Gwyn Griffiths
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004060968
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Rev. and enl. ed. of: The origins of Osiris. 1966. (Mèunchner èagyptologische Studien; 9)
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004060968
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Rev. and enl. ed. of: The origins of Osiris. 1966. (Mèunchner èagyptologische Studien; 9)
Osiris
Author: Bojana Mojsov
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405143568
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Bojana Mojsov tells the story of the cult of Osiris from beginning to end, sketching its development throughout 3,000 years of Egyptian history. Draws together the numerous records about Osiris from the third millennium B.C. to the Roman conquest of Egypt. Demonstrates that the cult of Osiris was the most popular and enduring of the ancient religions. Shows how the cult provided direct antecedents for many ideas, traits and customs in Christianity, including the concept of the trinity, baptism in the sacred river, and the sacrament of the Eucharist. Reveals the cult’s influence on other western mystical traditions and groups, such as the Alchemists, Rosicrucians and Freemasons. Written for a general, as well as a scholarly audience.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405143568
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Bojana Mojsov tells the story of the cult of Osiris from beginning to end, sketching its development throughout 3,000 years of Egyptian history. Draws together the numerous records about Osiris from the third millennium B.C. to the Roman conquest of Egypt. Demonstrates that the cult of Osiris was the most popular and enduring of the ancient religions. Shows how the cult provided direct antecedents for many ideas, traits and customs in Christianity, including the concept of the trinity, baptism in the sacred river, and the sacrament of the Eucharist. Reveals the cult’s influence on other western mystical traditions and groups, such as the Alchemists, Rosicrucians and Freemasons. Written for a general, as well as a scholarly audience.
Abydos
Author: David O'Connor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500390306
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"O'Connor presents the rich fruits of his long labors in this volume certain to appeal to scholars and Egyptophiles alike."--KMT
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500390306
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"O'Connor presents the rich fruits of his long labors in this volume certain to appeal to scholars and Egyptophiles alike."--KMT
Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection
Author: Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Following Osiris
Author: Mark Smith
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019958222X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Osiris, god of the dead, was one of ancient Egypt's most important deities. The earliest secure evidence for belief in him dates back to the fifth dynasty (c.2494-2345BC), but he continued to be worshipped until the fifth century AD. Following Osiris is concerned with ancient Egyptian conceptions of the relationship between Osiris and the deceased, or what might be called the Osirian afterlife, asking what the nature of this relationship was and what the prerequisites were for enjoying its benefits. It does not seek to provide a continuous or comprehensive account of Egyptian ideas on this subject, but rather focuses on five distinct periods in their development, spread over four millennia. The periods in question are ones in which significant changes in Egyptian ideas about Osiris and the dead are known to have occurred or where it has been argued that they did, as Egyptian aspirations for the Osirian afterlife took time to coalesce and reach their fullest form of expression. An important aim of the book is to investigate when and why such changes happened, treating religious belief as a dynamic rather than a static phenomenon and tracing the key stages in the development of these aspirations, from their origin to their demise, while illustrating how they are reflected in the textual and archaeological records. In doing so, it opens up broader issues for exploration and draws meaningful cross-cultural comparisons to ask, for instance, how different societies regard death and the dead, why people convert from one religion to another, and why they abandon belief in a god or gods altogether.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019958222X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Osiris, god of the dead, was one of ancient Egypt's most important deities. The earliest secure evidence for belief in him dates back to the fifth dynasty (c.2494-2345BC), but he continued to be worshipped until the fifth century AD. Following Osiris is concerned with ancient Egyptian conceptions of the relationship between Osiris and the deceased, or what might be called the Osirian afterlife, asking what the nature of this relationship was and what the prerequisites were for enjoying its benefits. It does not seek to provide a continuous or comprehensive account of Egyptian ideas on this subject, but rather focuses on five distinct periods in their development, spread over four millennia. The periods in question are ones in which significant changes in Egyptian ideas about Osiris and the dead are known to have occurred or where it has been argued that they did, as Egyptian aspirations for the Osirian afterlife took time to coalesce and reach their fullest form of expression. An important aim of the book is to investigate when and why such changes happened, treating religious belief as a dynamic rather than a static phenomenon and tracing the key stages in the development of these aspirations, from their origin to their demise, while illustrating how they are reflected in the textual and archaeological records. In doing so, it opens up broader issues for exploration and draws meaningful cross-cultural comparisons to ask, for instance, how different societies regard death and the dead, why people convert from one religion to another, and why they abandon belief in a god or gods altogether.
The Origins of Biblical Monotheism
Author: Mark S. Smith
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195167686
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
One of the leading scholars of ancient West Semitic religion discusses polytheism vs. monotheism by covering the fluidity of those categories in the ancient Near East. He argues that Israel's social history is key to the development of monotheism.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195167686
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
One of the leading scholars of ancient West Semitic religion discusses polytheism vs. monotheism by covering the fluidity of those categories in the ancient Near East. He argues that Israel's social history is key to the development of monotheism.
Book of the Dead
Author: Foy Scalf
Publisher: Oriental Institute Press
ISBN: 9781614910381
Category : Book of the dead
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discover how the ancient Egyptians controlled their immortal destiny! This book, edited by Foy Scalf, explores what the Book of the Dead was believed to do, how it worked, how it was made, and what happened to it.
Publisher: Oriental Institute Press
ISBN: 9781614910381
Category : Book of the dead
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discover how the ancient Egyptians controlled their immortal destiny! This book, edited by Foy Scalf, explores what the Book of the Dead was believed to do, how it worked, how it was made, and what happened to it.
Abusir
Author: Miroslav Verner
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
ISBN: 1617972274
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
At the center of the world-famous pyramid field of the Memphite necropolis there lies a group of pyramids, temples, and tombs named after the nearby village of Abusir. Long overshadowed by the more familiar pyramids at Giza and Saqqara, this area has nonetheless been the site, for the last forty years, of an extensive operation to discover its past. This exciting new book-richly endowed with black-and-white historical photographs, color plates of contemporary work, and informative illustrations-at last documents the uncovering by a dedicated team of Czech archaeologists of a hitherto neglected wealth of ancient remains dating from the Old Kingdom to the Late Period. This is Abusir, realm of Osiris, God of the dead, and its story is one of both modern archaeology and the long-buried mysteries that it seeks to uncover.
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
ISBN: 1617972274
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
At the center of the world-famous pyramid field of the Memphite necropolis there lies a group of pyramids, temples, and tombs named after the nearby village of Abusir. Long overshadowed by the more familiar pyramids at Giza and Saqqara, this area has nonetheless been the site, for the last forty years, of an extensive operation to discover its past. This exciting new book-richly endowed with black-and-white historical photographs, color plates of contemporary work, and informative illustrations-at last documents the uncovering by a dedicated team of Czech archaeologists of a hitherto neglected wealth of ancient remains dating from the Old Kingdom to the Late Period. This is Abusir, realm of Osiris, God of the dead, and its story is one of both modern archaeology and the long-buried mysteries that it seeks to uncover.
The Cult of Osiris (Wilde/Chase 5)
Author: Andy McDermott
Publisher: Headline
ISBN: 0755373286
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
In Andy McDermott's brilliant new novel, Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase are on the hunt for the lost pyramid of Osiris... Discredited, jobless and broke, archaeologist Nina Wilde and ex-SAS soldier Eddie Chase have problems of their own - until Macy's plea for help sends them on a deadly quest across the globe as they try to reach the mysterious pyramid before Khalid Osir, the charismatic leader of the Osirian Temple. But is the cult's motive purely greed... or something more sinister?
Publisher: Headline
ISBN: 0755373286
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
In Andy McDermott's brilliant new novel, Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase are on the hunt for the lost pyramid of Osiris... Discredited, jobless and broke, archaeologist Nina Wilde and ex-SAS soldier Eddie Chase have problems of their own - until Macy's plea for help sends them on a deadly quest across the globe as they try to reach the mysterious pyramid before Khalid Osir, the charismatic leader of the Osirian Temple. But is the cult's motive purely greed... or something more sinister?
Reflections of Osiris
Author: John Ray
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195158717
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
A portrait of ancient Egypyt that evokes the flavor of life in that time through profiles of eleven actual people and the god Osiris.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195158717
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
A portrait of ancient Egypyt that evokes the flavor of life in that time through profiles of eleven actual people and the god Osiris.