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- catalog abstract ""In their wide-ranging interpretation of the religion of ancient Egypt, Francoise Dunand and Christiane Zivie-Coche explore how, over a period of roughly 3500 years, the Egyptians conceptualized their relations with the gods. Drawing on the insights of anthropology, the authors discuss such topics as the identities, images, and functions of the gods; rituals and liturgies; personal forms of piety expressing humanity's need to establish a direct relation with the divine; and the afterlife, a central feature of Egyptian religion. The religion, the authors assert, was characterized by the remarkable continuity of its ritual practices and the ideas of which they were an expression." "Throughout, Dunand and Zivie-Coche take advantage of the most recent archaeological discoveries and scholarship. Gods and Men in Egypt is unique in its coverage of Egyptian religious expression in the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. Written with nonspecialist readers in mind, it is largely concerned with the continuation of Egypt's traditional religion in these periods, but it also includes fascinating accounts of Judaism in Egypt and the appearance and spread of Christianity there."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Dieux et hommes en Egypte. English".
- catalog contributor b13266844.
- catalog contributor b13266845.
- catalog coverage "Egypt Religion.".
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""In their wide-ranging interpretation of the religion of ancient Egypt, Francoise Dunand and Christiane Zivie-Coche explore how, over a period of roughly 3500 years, the Egyptians conceptualized their relations with the gods. Drawing on the insights of anthropology, the authors discuss such topics as the identities, images, and functions of the gods; rituals and liturgies; personal forms of piety expressing humanity's need to establish a direct relation with the divine; and the afterlife, a central feature of Egyptian religion. The religion, the authors assert, was characterized by the remarkable continuity of its ritual practices and the ideas of which they were an expression." "Throughout, Dunand and Zivie-Coche take advantage of the most recent archaeological discoveries and scholarship. Gods and Men in Egypt is unique in its coverage of Egyptian religious expression in the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. Written with nonspecialist readers in mind, it is largely concerned with the continuation of Egypt's traditional religion in these periods, but it also includes fascinating accounts of Judaism in Egypt and the appearance and spread of Christianity there."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Book I. Pharaonic Egypt. What is a god? ; Cosmogonies, creation, and time ; The gods on earth ; Of men and gods ; "Death will come" / Christiane Zivie-Coche -- Book II. Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. From the Lagides to the Roman Emperors : the new Pharaohs and their politico-religious ideology ; The reactions of the priests -- A new god : the "creation" of Sarapis ; The vitality of the traditional religion ; New gods and cults ; Problems and controversies ; Official liturgies : the world of the temples and its activities ; From "learned" religion to "popular" religion ; Funerary beliefs and rituals / Françoise Dunand.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-367) and index.".
- catalog extent "xv, 378 p. :".
- catalog identifier "080144165X (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Egypt Religion.".
- catalog spatial "Egypt.".
- catalog subject "299/.31 22".
- catalog subject "Anthropology Egypt.".
- catalog subject "BL2441.3 .D8613 2004".
- catalog subject "Mythology, Egyptian.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Book I. Pharaonic Egypt. What is a god? ; Cosmogonies, creation, and time ; The gods on earth ; Of men and gods ; "Death will come" / Christiane Zivie-Coche -- Book II. Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. From the Lagides to the Roman Emperors : the new Pharaohs and their politico-religious ideology ; The reactions of the priests -- A new god : the "creation" of Sarapis ; The vitality of the traditional religion ; New gods and cults ; Problems and controversies ; Official liturgies : the world of the temples and its activities ; From "learned" religion to "popular" religion ; Funerary beliefs and rituals / Françoise Dunand.".
- catalog title "Dieux et hommes en Egypte. English".
- catalog title "Gods and men in Egypt : 3000 BCE to 395 CE / Françoise Dunand and Christiane Zivie-Coche ; translated from the French by David Lorton.".
- catalog type "text".