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Egyptian Solar Religion in the New Kingdom: RE, Amun and the Crisis of Polytheism book cover

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Egyptian Solar Religion in the New Kingdom RE, Amun and the Crisis of Polytheism

By Jan Assmann Copyright 1995
248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge
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Revised and expanded, this volume deals with the religious traditions of ancient Egypt, which have come down to us in a state which is both extremely fragmentary and complex. New material - especially hymns collected in Theban tombs - now allows a much more precise allocation of religious texts and ideas in terms of time, place and social context. Within the field of solar religion, no less than... Read more

Part 1 The mysteries of the sun cult: preliminary considerations.  acting. knowing.  Part 2 The iconography of the solar journey: "icon" and "constellation";  the icons of the solar journey reflected by the traditional solar phases hymn.  Part 3 The phenomenology of the solar journey: historical aspects - the discarded image. theological aspects.  stylistic aspects - the transformation of the solar phases hymn.  Part 4 Amun theology of the Early Period: eulogies from tombs - Hatshesput to Amenophis II.  Part 5 Ba - hiddenness and oneness: Theban Amun-Re theology in the Ramesside Period I.  preliminary observations.  oneness and hiddenness.  transcendence and hidden unity.  Part 6 Cosmic god and saviour: Theban Amun-Re theology of the Ramesside Period II. creation.  life. Part 7 Judge and saviour - the god of the individual: the problem of personal piety  life.  saviour and helper of the oppressed.  judge. "division of power" and "representation.

Biography

Jan Assmann is Honorary Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Constance, where he is today.

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