The Search for God in Ancient Egypt: The Symbolic Politics of Ethnic War

by Jan Assmann

Book Overview

First English-language edition, with revisions and additions by the author.This classic work by one of the world's most distinguished Egyptologists was first published in German in 1984. The Search for God in Ancient Egypt offers a distillation of Jan Assmann's views on ancient Egyptian religion, with special emphasis on theology and piety. Deeply rooted in the texts of ancient Egypt and thoroughly informed by comparative religion, theology, anthropology,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801487293
• ISBN13: 9780801487293
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher