Daily life of the Egyptian gods / Dimitri Meeks, Christine Favard-Meeks ; translated from the French...
Daily life of the Egyptian gods / Dimitri Meeks, Christine Favard-Meeks ; translated from the French...
Daily life of the Egyptian gods / Dimitri Meeks, Christine Favard-Meeks ; translated from the French by G.M. Goshgarian.
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Publisher
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1996.
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Date
1996.
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T0380172
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Language
English
French
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Physical content
vii, 249 p., [22] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. The Gods among Themselves / Dimitri Meeks. 1. Origins, Destinies, History. 2. Hierarchies, Prerogatives, Groups. 3. Divine Bodies. 4. Spaces and Places. 5. Intelligence and Knowledge -- Pt. II. Mediating between the Gods and Humankind / Christine Favard-Meeks. 6. The Machine of the Universe a...
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Publisher
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1996.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1996.
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Summary
The second part of the book cites familiar traditions and littleknown texts to explain the relationship of the gods to the pharaoh, who was believed to represent them on earth. By performing appropriate rites, the pharaoh maintained a delicate equilibrium, balancing the sky home of the sun god, the underworld of Osiris and the dead, and the earth i...
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Daily life of the Egyptian gods / Dimitri Meeks, Christine Favard-Meeks ; translated from the French by G.M. Goshgarian.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-233) and index.
Transferred from N299.31/107.
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T0380172
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74VvDmyeVXLy
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ISBN
0801431158 (alk. paper)
9780801482489 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801482488 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801431159 (alk. paper)
DDC
299.31
MMS ID
991004861499702626
