Religion and philosophy in ancient Egypt

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New Haven, Conn.: Yale Egyptological Seminar, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Graduate School, Yale University (1989)
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Seven important essays on the study of ancient Egyptian religion. Contents: The cosmology of the pyramid texts (James P Allen); Textual criticism in the coffin texts (David P Silverman); State and religion in the New Kingdom (Jan Assmann); The natural philosophy of Akhenaten (James P Allen); Horus or the crocodiles: a juncture of religion and magic in late Dynastic Egypt (Robert K Ritner); Psychology and society in the ancient Egyptian cult of the dead (Alan B Lloyd); Death and initiation in the funerary reliion of ancient Egypt.

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BL2445.R445 1989

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The natural philosophy of Akhenaten.  (pages 3--89)James P. Allen
Horus on the crocodiles: a juncture of religion and magic in late dynastic Egypt.  (pages 103--16)Robert K. Ritner
Psychology and society in the ancient Egyptian cult of the dead.  (pages 117--33)Alan B. Lloyd

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