Author: Richard Jasnow
Publisher: Lockwood Press
ISBN: 1937040755
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
Illuminating Osiris comprises twenty-seven articles by students, friends, and colleagues in honor of Mark Smith, Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford. Smith is especially renowned as a Demoticist and specialist in ancient Egyptian religion. His numerous Demotic text editions and translations of Egyptian funerary and religious compositions have been enormously influential in the field. The contributions in Illuminating Osiris naturally reflect Smith's particular interests in the religion and literature of Graeco-Roman period Egypt, dealing with cult, rituals, astronomy, and divination, among other subjects. The book includes many editions or reeditions of texts written in Demotic, Hieratic, and Ptolemaic Hieroglyphs. It is profusely illustrated and supplied with detailed indices.
Illuminating Osiris
Author: Richard Jasnow
Publisher: Lockwood Press
ISBN: 1937040755
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
Illuminating Osiris comprises twenty-seven articles by students, friends, and colleagues in honor of Mark Smith, Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford. Smith is especially renowned as a Demoticist and specialist in ancient Egyptian religion. His numerous Demotic text editions and translations of Egyptian funerary and religious compositions have been enormously influential in the field. The contributions in Illuminating Osiris naturally reflect Smith's particular interests in the religion and literature of Graeco-Roman period Egypt, dealing with cult, rituals, astronomy, and divination, among other subjects. The book includes many editions or reeditions of texts written in Demotic, Hieratic, and Ptolemaic Hieroglyphs. It is profusely illustrated and supplied with detailed indices.
Publisher: Lockwood Press
ISBN: 1937040755
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
Illuminating Osiris comprises twenty-seven articles by students, friends, and colleagues in honor of Mark Smith, Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford. Smith is especially renowned as a Demoticist and specialist in ancient Egyptian religion. His numerous Demotic text editions and translations of Egyptian funerary and religious compositions have been enormously influential in the field. The contributions in Illuminating Osiris naturally reflect Smith's particular interests in the religion and literature of Graeco-Roman period Egypt, dealing with cult, rituals, astronomy, and divination, among other subjects. The book includes many editions or reeditions of texts written in Demotic, Hieratic, and Ptolemaic Hieroglyphs. It is profusely illustrated and supplied with detailed indices.
Catalogue of Accessions, 1900-1950
Author: Dr. Williams's Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 924
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 924
Book Description
Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt
Author: Erik Hornung
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
An excellent historical overview of the gods... It is a recommended necessary reading for those studying Ancient Egyptian religion.―Frankie's Reviews in Egyptology A work of extraordinary distinction, Hornung's book will appeal to anyone interested in ancient Egypt, in ancient religion, and in the history of religion, as well as students and scholars of ancient history, anthropology, and archaeology. Osiris, Horus, Isis, Thoth, Anubis - the many strange and compelling figures of the Egyptian gods and goddesses seem to possess endless fascination. The renowned Egyptologist Erik Hornung here studies the ancient Egyptians' conceptions of god, basing his account on a thorough reappraisal of the primary sources. His book, now available in English for the first time, is the most extensive exploration yet undertaken of the nature of Egyptian religion. Hornung examines the characteristics, spheres of action, and significance of Egyptian gods and goddesses, analyzing the complex and changing iconography used to represent them, and disentangling the many seemingly contradictory aspects of the religion of which they are a part. He seeks to answer two basic questions: How did the Egyptians themselves see their gods? Did they believe there was an impersonal, anonymous force behind the multiplicity of their deities? Throughout, he attempts to evoke the complexity and richness of the religion of the ancient Egyptians and of their worldview, which differs so greatly from our own. Sensitively translated by John Baines and with a new preface by the author, this edition has been amplified and updated with an English-language audience in mind.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
An excellent historical overview of the gods... It is a recommended necessary reading for those studying Ancient Egyptian religion.―Frankie's Reviews in Egyptology A work of extraordinary distinction, Hornung's book will appeal to anyone interested in ancient Egypt, in ancient religion, and in the history of religion, as well as students and scholars of ancient history, anthropology, and archaeology. Osiris, Horus, Isis, Thoth, Anubis - the many strange and compelling figures of the Egyptian gods and goddesses seem to possess endless fascination. The renowned Egyptologist Erik Hornung here studies the ancient Egyptians' conceptions of god, basing his account on a thorough reappraisal of the primary sources. His book, now available in English for the first time, is the most extensive exploration yet undertaken of the nature of Egyptian religion. Hornung examines the characteristics, spheres of action, and significance of Egyptian gods and goddesses, analyzing the complex and changing iconography used to represent them, and disentangling the many seemingly contradictory aspects of the religion of which they are a part. He seeks to answer two basic questions: How did the Egyptians themselves see their gods? Did they believe there was an impersonal, anonymous force behind the multiplicity of their deities? Throughout, he attempts to evoke the complexity and richness of the religion of the ancient Egyptians and of their worldview, which differs so greatly from our own. Sensitively translated by John Baines and with a new preface by the author, this edition has been amplified and updated with an English-language audience in mind.
Catalogue of Accessions,1900-1050
Author: Dr. Williams's Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 938
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 938
Book Description
A Miscellany of Demotic Texts and Studies
Author: Paul John Frandsen
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
ISBN: 9788772895475
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Third in the series of texts of the The Carlsberg Papyri.
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
ISBN: 9788772895475
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Third in the series of texts of the The Carlsberg Papyri.
A Bookman's Guide to Archaeology
Author: Richard A. Hand
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
Book Description
The subtitle continues ...Their Artifacts, Inscriptions, and Monuments with Prices and Annotations, Both Bibliographical and Descriptive. A reference tool for the book trade, collectors, librarians, and students, cataloging books from the 18th century to 1991, with detailed bibliographical information and accurate pricing, as taken from over 200 recent catalogs from booksellers representing South Africa, Germany, Great Britain, and all parts of the US. Entries are listed alphabetically by author and also numbered. There are 7,106 separate titles described. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1050
Book Description
The subtitle continues ...Their Artifacts, Inscriptions, and Monuments with Prices and Annotations, Both Bibliographical and Descriptive. A reference tool for the book trade, collectors, librarians, and students, cataloging books from the 18th century to 1991, with detailed bibliographical information and accurate pricing, as taken from over 200 recent catalogs from booksellers representing South Africa, Germany, Great Britain, and all parts of the US. Entries are listed alphabetically by author and also numbered. There are 7,106 separate titles described. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Accessions List
Author: University of London. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Catalogues
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Who was who in Egyptology ...
Author: Warren Royal Dawson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description