Book Details
Orange Code:95601
Paperback:282 pages
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Sections:
1. Belief without a Book2. Finding the Sacred in Space and Time3. Creating Sacred Space and Time: Temple Architecture and Festival4. Chaos and Life: Forces of Creation and Destruction5. Being Good: Doing, Saying, and Making Good Possible6. Being Well7. Attaining Eternal Life: Sustenance and Transformation
Description:
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Exploring Religion in Ancient Egypt offers a stimulating overview of the study of ancient Egyptian religion by examining research drawn from beyond the customary boundaries of Egyptology and shedding new light on entrenched assumptions.
- Discusses the evolution of religion in ancient Egypt – a belief system that endured for 3,000 years
- Dispels several modern preconceptions about ancient Egyptian religious practices
- Reveals how people in ancient Egypt struggled to secure well-being in the present life and the afterlife
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