Egyptian Religion Books

New and Published Books

1. The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

   2nd Edition

   By George Hart

   Series: Routledge Dictionaries

   The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses contains one of the most comprehensive listings and descriptions of Egyptian deities. Now in its second edition, it provides: a new introduction updated entries and four new entries on deities names of the deities as Hieroglyphs a survey of...

   Published March 14th 2005 by Routledge
2. Christianity in the Land of the Pharaohs

   The Coptic Orthodox Church

   By Jill Kamil

   The Copts - the indigenous Christians of Egypt - declared their independence from Byzantine Christianity when they appointed their own patriarchs in the sixth century. Jill Kamil has written an angaging and accessible survey of the history of Christianity on Egypt, through its development under...

   Published September 4th 2002 by Routledge
3. Death, Burial and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquity

   By Jon Davies

   Series: Religion in the First Christian Centuries

   In Death, Burial and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquity, Jon Davies charts the significance of death to the emerging religious cults in the pre-Christian and early Christian world. He analyses the varied burial rituals and examines the different notions of the afterlife. Among the areas covered...

   Published June 23rd 1999 by Routledge
4. Reading Bibles, Writing Bodies

   Identity and The Book

   Edited by Timothy K. Beal, David Gunn

   Series: Biblical Limits

   The Bible is often said to be one of the foundation texts of Western culture. The present volume shows that it goes far beyond being a religious text. The essays explore how religious, political and cultural identities, including ethnicity and gender, are embodied in biblical discourse. Following...

   Published November 27th 1996 by Routledge
5. Wisdom Texts from Qumran

   By Daniel Harrington S. J.

   This study is the first full analysis of the Qumran wisdom texts. New translations and a full explanation of the background and context of wisdom literature introduce the reader to an important and hitherto little discussed part of the Dead Sea Scrolls.After surveying biblical and extrabiblical...

   Published September 25th 1996 by Routledge