Description
Book SynopsisExploring Religion in Ancient Egypt offers a stimulating overview of the study of ancient Egyptian religion by examining research drawn from beyond the customary boundaries of Egyptology and shedding new light on entrenched assumptions. .
Trade Review“This book provides a new and rather different view of religious practice amongst the ancient Egyptians, drawing on an extensive range of texts, artefacts, contextual information, and anthropological approaches from outside Egypt.” (Ancient Egypt, 1 April 2015)
Table of ContentsPreface vi
1 Belief without a Book 1
2 Finding the Sacred in Space and Time 38
3 Creating Sacred Space and Time: Temple Architecture and Festival 80
4 Chaos and Life: Forces of Creation and Destruction 110
5 Being Good: Doing, Saying, and Making Good Possible 150
6 Being Well 177
7 Attaining Eternal Life: Sustenance and Transformation 201
Bibliography 238
Index 256
