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The Search for God in Ancient Egypt: An Immigrant Community in New York City
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The Search for God in Ancient Egypt: An Immigrant Community in New York City Capa dura - 2001

por Jan Assmann; David Lorton (Translator)


Informações do editor

First English-language edition, with revisions and additions by the author.This classic work by one of the world's most distinguished Egyptologists was first published in German in 1984. The Search for God in Ancient Egypt offers a distillation of Jan Assmann's views on ancient Egyptian religion, with special emphasis on theology and piety. Deeply rooted in the texts of ancient Egypt and thoroughly informed by comparative religion, theology, anthropology, and semiotic analysis, Assmann's interpretations reveal the complexity of Egyptian thought in a new way.Assmann takes special care to distinguish between the "implicit" theology of Egyptian polytheism and the "explicit" theology that is concerned with exploring the problem of the divine. His discussion of polytheism and mythology addresses aspects of ritual, the universe, and myth; his consideration of explicit theology deals with theodicy and the specifics of Amarna religion.

Detalhes

  • Título The Search for God in Ancient Egypt: An Immigrant Community in New York City
  • Autor Jan Assmann; David Lorton (Translator)
  • Encadernação Capa dura
  • Páginas 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Idioma ENG
  • Editorial Cornell University Press
  • Data de publicação 2001-02-13
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780801437861 / 0801437865
  • Peso 1.31 libras (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensão 9 x 6 x 0.81 in. (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.06 cm)
  • Época de 18 a UP anos
  • séries 13 - UP
  • Temas
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: African
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
    • Cultural Region: North Africa
  • Library of Congress subjects Egypt - Religion, Mythology, Egyptian
  • Número da Biblioteca do Congresso dos Estados Unidos 00012577
  • Dewey Decimal Code 299.31

Sobre o autor

Jan Assmann is Professor of Egyptology at Heidelberg University and the 1998 winner of the prestigious Deutsche Historikerpreis (German History Prize). David Lorton, an Egyptologist, has translated other Cornell books, including The Twilight of Ancient Egypt: First Millennium B.C.E. by Karol Mysliwiec and The Priests of Ancient Egypt, New Edition by Serge Sauneron.