Egyptian Religion

by Siegfried Morenz

Book Overview

Introducing the reader to the gods and their worshippers and to the ways in which they were related, this book focuses on the ever-present link between the human and the divine in Ancient Egypt. The book also examines the impact of Egyptian religion

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801407826
• ISBN13: 9780801407826
• Release Date: October 1973
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

A SCHOLARLY TEXT WHICH DESERVED A BETTER TRANSLATION

This book on ancient Egyptian religion is certainly not for the newcomers. It is dense, full of textual references and words in Hebrew and Greek - which are not translated at all - and Egyptian texts in specialized transliteration, all of which will become a hard burden for the unnoticed reader. A comparison between the original German edition and this English version is annoying: the latter being many times quite free regarding the former, as to even change the spirit of some passages. For the learned in the field, it is, even with all these hamperings, a good-researched and scholarly text which provides many thought-provoking questions never proffered before in a (supposedly) "general interpretation" of the religious creeds of ancient Egypt. An indispensable tool for the researchers in this field, not doubt at all.

excellent reference on Egyptian religion

For the ancient Egyptian their civilisation and their religion were one and the same. To this end they developed over time a complex cosmological structure of the interactions of man and the gods, with the emphasis being on creation and the afterlife. An additional feature which sets this book apart from the numerous others in its field are the comparative and interactive analyses with the religions of Ethiopia, Greece and Syria. Available both in its English translation and the German original, it is a superb reference which ably demonstrates that religion was the fundamental basis of the Ancient Egyptian civilisation. It is highly recommended for all academics, scholars and laypeople.