The Organization of the Pyramid Texts (2 Vols.): Typology and Disposition (Probleme Der Ägyptologie) - Hardcover

Hays, Harold M.

 
9789004218659: The Organization of the Pyramid Texts (2 Vols.): Typology and Disposition (Probleme Der Ägyptologie)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9004218653 ISBN 13: 9789004218659
Verlag: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

The ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts form the oldest sizable body of religious texts in the world. Discovered in the late nineteenth century, they had been inscribed on the interior stone walls of the pyramid tombs of third-millennium kings and queens. From their content it is clear that they were concerned with the afterlife state of the tomb owner, but the historical meaning of their emergence has been poorly understood. This book weds traditional philological approaches to linguistic anthropology in order to associate them with two spheres of human action: mortuary cult and personal preparation for the afterlife. Monumentalized as hieroglyphs in the tomb, their function was now one step removed from the human events that had motivated their original production.

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Harold M. Hays, Ph.D. (2006) in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago, is Assistant Professor of Egyptology at Leiden University. He has published extensively on the Pyramid Texts and ancient Egyptian ritual practice.

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The ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts form the oldest sizable body of religious texts in the world. Discovered in the late nineteenth century, they had been inscribed on the interior stone walls of the pyramid tombs of third-millennium kings and queens. From their content it is clear that they were concerned with the afterlife state of the tomb owner, but the historical meaning of their emergence has been poorly understood. This book weds traditional philological approaches to linguistic anthropology in order to associate them with two spheres of human action: mortuary cult and personal preparation for the afterlife. Monumentalized as hieroglyphs in the tomb, their function was now one step removed from the human events that had motivated their original production.

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Verlag
BRILL ACADEMIC PUB
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9004218653
ISBN 13 
9789004218659
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Anzahl der Seiten
756
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