|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2 Reviews
|
Average Customer Review
Share your thoughts with other customers
Create your own review
|
|
Most Helpful First | Newest First
|
|
39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Useful and interesting reading for all,
By
This review is from: The Search for God in Ancient Egypt (Paperback)
First published in 1984, this book is finally available in English. The author offers his views on Ancient Egyptian religion, theology and piety. In the various chapters (The Cosmos, Myth, The New Gods, Theodicy and Theology), he explains the difficulties when discussing Ancient Egyptian thought, rituals and cultic beliefs. This book attempts to compare religions based on what is known about the Ancient Egyptian religion. Well researched, this is most definitely a serious book for scholars and students interested in the subject. Recommended reading for all.
31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Provocative general account of Egyptian Religion,
By
This review is from: The Search for God in Ancient Egypt (Hardcover)
The Search for God in Ancient Egypt by Jan Assmann (Cornell University Press) (PAPERBACK) provides a fresh synthesis of the main characteristics of Egyptian religion. Unlike the more hermetically minded scholars, Assmann sticks to the records as preserved and seamlessly draws on current religious theories about how cults function and the divine presence is ritualized to reveal the strangeness and beauty of Egyptian religion in a coherence misplaced from earlier accounts.
|
|
Most Helpful First | Newest First
|
|
The Search for God in Ancient Egypt by Jan Assmann (Paperback - Apr. 2001)
$24.95 $23.23
In Stock | |
 
| ||
