The Myth Of Egypt And Its Hieroglyphs In European Tradition
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The Myth Of Egypt And Its Hieroglyphs In European Tradition
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Author : Erik Iversen
language : en
Publisher: Copenhagen : Gad
Release Date : 1961
The Myth Of Egypt And Its Hieroglyphs In European Tradition written by Erik Iversen and has been published by Copenhagen : Gad this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Egyptian language categories.
The Myth Og Egypt And Its Hieroglyphs In European Tradition
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Author : Erik Iversen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
The Myth Og Egypt And Its Hieroglyphs In European Tradition written by Erik Iversen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with categories.
The Myth Of Egypt And Its Hieroglyphs
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Author : Erik Iversen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
The Myth Of Egypt And Its Hieroglyphs written by Erik Iversen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with categories.
The Myth Of Egypt And Hieroglyphs In European Tradition
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Author : Erik Iversen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
The Myth Of Egypt And Hieroglyphs In European Tradition written by Erik Iversen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with categories.
Egyptian Hieroglyphs In The Late Antique Imagination
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Author : Jennifer Taylor Westerfeld
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2019-10-04
Egyptian Hieroglyphs In The Late Antique Imagination written by Jennifer Taylor Westerfeld and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-04 with History categories.
Throughout the pharaonic period, hieroglyphs served both practical and aesthetic purposes. Carved on stelae, statues, and temple walls, hieroglyphic inscriptions were one of the most prominent and distinctive features of ancient Egyptian visual culture. For both the literate minority of Egyptians and the vast illiterate majority of the population, hieroglyphs possessed a potent symbolic value that went beyond their capacity to render language visible. For nearly three thousand years, the hieroglyphic script remained closely bound to indigenous notions of religious and cultural identity. By the late antique period, literacy in hieroglyphs had been almost entirely lost. However, the monumental temples and tombs that marked the Egyptian landscape, together with the hieroglyphic inscriptions that adorned them, still stood as inescapable reminders that Christianity was a relatively new arrival to the ancient land of the pharaohs. In Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination, Jennifer Westerfeld argues that depictions of hieroglyphic inscriptions in late antique Christian texts reflect the authors' attitudes toward Egypt's pharaonic past. Whether hieroglyphs were condemned as idolatrous images or valued as a source of mystical knowledge, control over the representation and interpretation of hieroglyphic texts constituted an important source of Christian authority. Westerfeld examines the ways in which hieroglyphs are deployed in the works of Eusebius and Augustine, to debate biblical chronology; in Greek, Roman, and patristic sources, to claim that hieroglyphs encoded the mysteries of the Egyptian priesthood; and in a polemical sermon by the fifth-century monastic leader Shenoute of Atripe, to argue that hieroglyphs should be destroyed lest they promote a return to idolatry. She argues that, in the absence of any genuine understanding of hieroglyphic writing, late antique Christian authors were able to take this powerful symbol of Egyptian identity and manipulate it to serve their particular theological and ideological ends.
The Secret Lore Of Egypt
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Author : Erik Hornung
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2001
The Secret Lore Of Egypt written by Erik Hornung and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
The study of Egypt as the fount of all wisdom and stronghold of hermetic lore, already strong in antiquity, Hornung (Egyptology, U. of Basel) calls Egyptosophy. Though it was soundly rebuffed by Egyptology, based on conventional science and history, he thinks its continuing impact on western culture deserves scholarly attention. He reviews the various occult traditions and their expression during various eras. The original Esoterische Agypten was published by C. H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich, in 1999, and translated by David Lorton, who has also translated Hornung's earlier books for Cornell. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Egyptian Myth A Very Short Introduction
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Author : Geraldine Pinch
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2004-04-22
Egyptian Myth A Very Short Introduction written by Geraldine Pinch and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04-22 with Social Science categories.
The complex world of Egyptian myth is clearly illuminated in this fascinating new approach to ancient Egypt. Geraldine Pinch explores the cultural and historical background behind a wide variety of sources and objects, from Cleopatra's Needle and Tutankhamun's golden statue, to a story on papyrus of the gods misbehaving. What did they mean, and how have they been interpreted? The reader is taken on an exciting journey through the distant past, and shown how myths of deities such as Isis and Osiris influenced contemporary culture and have become part of our cultural heritage. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
The Wisdom Of Egypt
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Author : Peter J Ucko
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-06-16
The Wisdom Of Egypt written by Peter J Ucko and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-16 with Social Science categories.
The Wisdom of Egypt examines the sources of evidence about Ancient Egypt available to scholars, and the changing visions of Egypt and of Egypt's role in human history that they produced. Its scope extends from the Classical world, through Europe and the Arabic worlds in the Middle Ages, to writers of the Renaissance, to the work of scholars and scientists of Early Modern Europe.
The Allure Of The Ancient
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Author : Margaret Geoga
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-02-14
The Allure Of The Ancient written by Margaret Geoga and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-14 with Art categories.
How was the ancient Middle East—including Egypt, Babylonia, and Persia— imagined and employed for artistic, scholarly, and political purposes in Europe, the Caribbean, and Latin America, circa 1600–1800 ?
Annual Egyptological Bibliography Volume 25
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Author : Janssen
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-09-25
Annual Egyptological Bibliography Volume 25 written by Janssen and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-25 with History categories.