1st Edition

Wine & Wine Offering In The Religion Of Ancient Egypt

By Mu-chou Poo Copyright 1995
256 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1995. Striking a niche among an intensely studied literary civilization, this title assesses the meaning of wine and wine offering in the context of Egyptian religion by presenting observations about the implication of this study for the study of Egyptian religion in general. Ancient Egypt has yielded the outlines of its religious, political, economic, and social institutions.... Read more
Introduction; Chapter I Wine in Egyptian Society; Chapter II Representations of Wine Offering on Royal Monuments; Chapter III Wine Offering Liturgies in Funerary and Divine Cults; Chapter Iv Wine Offering Liturgies in the Ptolemaic Temples; Chapter V The Replies of the Deities in Wine Offering Scenes; chapter VI The Significance of Wine and Wine Offering in Egyptian Religion; Conclusion;

Biography

Mu-Chou Poo