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Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt
Engelsk Paperback
Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt
Engelsk Paperback

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"Human beings," the acclaimed Egyptologist Jan Assmann writes, "are the animals that have to live with the knowledge of their death, and culture is the world they create so they can live with that knowledge." In his new book, Assmann explores images of death and of death rites in ancient Egypt to provide startling new insights into the particular character of the civilization as a whole. Drawing on the unfamiliar genre of the death liturgy, he arrives at a remarkably comprehensive view of the religion of death in ancient Egypt.

Assmann describes in detail nine different images of death: death as the body being torn apart, as social isolation, the notion of the court of the dead, the dead body, the mummy, the soul and ancestral spirit of the dead, death as separation and transition, as homecoming, and as secret. Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt also includes a fascinating discussion of rites that reflect beliefs about death through language and ritual.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
277
ISBN-13:
9780801479731
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0801479738
Udg. Dato:
15 okt 2014
Længde:
30mm
Bredde:
163mm
Højde:
235mm
Forlag:
Cornell University Press
Oplagsdato:
15 okt 2014
Forfatter(e):
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