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Fair correct: A book that has been read but is in factual condition. Very minimal harm to the cover including scuff |
Layout: | Paperback |
| Language: | English | E-newsletter one year: | 1999 |
| ISBN: |
0801485150 |
EAN: |
9780801485152 |
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| Extinct Egyptians held a rich and advanced vision of the afterlife and codified their beliefs in books that cling been to be learned more than two millennia later in royal tombs. Erik Hornung, the area’s main authority on these non secular texts, surveys what is famous about them nowadays.The contents of the texts fluctuate from the sequence of spells within the E book of the Tiring, which was as soon as supposed to offer perfect aid on the scramble to the afterlife, to the detailed accounts of the hereafter supplied within the Books of the Netherworld. Hornung looks to be like carefully at these latter works, while summarizing the contents of the E book of the Tiring and other widely studied examples of the genre. For every composition, he discusses the historical past of its used transmission and its decipherment in neatly-liked times, supplying bibliographic knowledge for any text editions. He additionally seeks to establish whether this literature as a full gifts a monolithic conception of the afterlife. The volume aspects many drawings from the books themselves drawings that illustrate the nocturnal direction of the sun god through the realm of the pointless.Within the origin published in German and now available in a fluid English translation, this volume offers an accessible and enlightening introduction to a central component of used Egyptian religion.” | |
| Product Identifiers | |
| Publisher | Cornell College Press |
| ISBN-10 | 0801485150 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780801485152 |
| eBay Product ID (ePID) | 815189 |
| Product Key Facets | |
| Layout | E book, Paperback |
| E-newsletter one year | 1999 |
| Language | English |
| Dimensions | |
| Weight | 11 Oz |
| Width | 6.1in. |
| Height | 0.6in. |
| Dimension | 9.2in. |
| Extra Product Facets | |
| Dewey Version | 21 |
| Illustrated | Fine |
| Dewey Decimal | 299/.31 |
| Fashioned Language | German |
| Copyright Date | 1999 |
| Author | Erik Hornung |
| Quantity of Pages | 224 Pages |
| Quantity Quantity | Vol. |
| Translated by | David Lorton |
| Lc Classification Quantity | Pj1551.H67 1999 |
| E-newsletter Date | 1999-06-17 |
| Opinions | “Hornung’s book is a factual frequent gaze, with a voluminous bibliography that Egyptologists will earn accurate.”–James Allan Evans, College of British Columbia. The Classical Outlook. Tumble, 2000, Vol. 78, No. 1, “Erik Hornung’s unique book. . . goes a protracted formula in opposition to origin to exact and to narrate our belief of religion in Extinct Egypt.”-Tom Collins, Spiritual Reviews in Secondary Faculties, April, 2000., “It’s a fortunate circumstance that Eric Hornung. . . has rendered the invaluable service of producing a whole knowledge and manual to the texts. . . It now looks in an admirable English translation by David Lorton.”–Leo Depuydt, Brown College. Journal of the American Research Middle in Egypt, 2000, “Hornung’s glance of used Egyptian afterlife books, translated into English for the main time by D. Lorton, fills a most most important gap within the available literature in English and ought to repeat critical to students of Egyptian funerary religion. . . His presentation is clear and thorough.”-Denise M. Doxey, Museum of Edifying Arts, Boston. Spiritual Reviews Overview, Vol. 25, No. 4, October 2000, “There has long been a want for an intensive English language gaze of this area topic, a want that is neatly met by the bellow volume. . . . even experts in Egyptian funerary literature will earn essential of pastime . . . . The used Egyptian literature of the afterlife is a elaborate and enthusiastic area and the amount below review offers a determined and concise overview of the person texts. This is able to perchance well additionally additionally be accurate for somebody drawn to these used Egyptial books for the pointless.”–Terry G. Wilfong. College of Michigan, Bryn Mawr Classical Overview., “A concise and detailed summary. . . Here’s a suggested book for all making an strive to search out particulars on crucial Egyptian texts.”–Francesca Jourdan, quik.com |
| Lccn | 99-010888 |
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