Conversations in the House of Life: A New Translation of the Ancient Egyptian Book of Thoth

by Karl-Theodor Zauzich and Richard Jasnow

Conversations in the House of Life offers a new translation of a text first published as The Ancient Egyptian Book of Thoth (2005). The composition is a dialogue between a Master, perhaps the god Thoth himself, and a Disciple, named "The-one-who-loves-knowledge." Originally written in Demotic, the text dates to the Graeco-Roman Period (ca. 300 B.C. to 400 A.D.). The dialogue covers everything from how to hold the writing brush and the symbolic significance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3447101164
• ISBN13: 9783447101165
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Harrassowitz
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.9"