Gods and Men in Egypt,9780801488535

Gods and Men in Egypt

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ISBN13: 9780801488535
ISBN10: 0801488532
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Pub. Date: 2005-01-13
Publisher(s): Cornell Univ Pr
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Summary

"Today, a good century after the first X-rays of mummies, Egyptology has the benefit of all the methods and means at the disposal of forensic medicine. The 'mummy stories' we tell have changed their tone, but they have enjoyed much success, with fantastic

Author Biography

Francoise Dunand is Professor of the History of Religion, Marc Bloch University, Strasbourg Christiane Zivie-Coche is Director of Studies, L'Ecole pratique des Hautes Etudes, Section des Sciences religieuses, Paris

Table of Contents

Preface, by Christiane Zivie-Coche ix
Translator's Note xvii
BOOK I. PHARAONIC EGYPT
Christiane Zivie-Coche
PART I. THE WORLD OF THE GODS
1. What Is a God?
5(37)
The Gods Exist
5(2)
Netjer, God
7(6)
Figures of the Divine
13(11)
Name, Person, and Function
24(5)
The Organization of the Divine
29(7)
Stories About the Gods
36(4)
What Transcendence?
40(2)
2. Cosmogonies, Creation, and Time
42(29)
Egyptian Ontology
42(3)
Before Creation, Nun
45(2)
The Emergence of Being
47(3)
The Place of the Emergence of Being
50(2)
The Time of the Emergence of Being
52(3)
The Techniques of Creation
55(3)
Creation and Its Categories
58(6)
Time and Creation
64(7)
3. The Gods on Earth
71(36)
The Chronological Evolution of Temples and the Problem of Sources
71(12)
The Dwelling of the God
83(6)
The Cult: Rituals and Liturgies
89(7)
The Grammar of the Temple
96(3)
The Officiants
99(8)
PART II. THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
4. Of Men and Gods
107(46)
Personal Piety: Attempt at Definition
107(4)
Personal Piety and Institutions
111(11)
Magic
122(6)
Personal Piety in the Course of a Lifetime
128(8)
Modes of Human-Divine Relationship
136(7)
The Conduct of Life
143(10)
5. "Death Will Come"
153(44)
Knowing Death
154(12)
What to Do?
166(17)
Terra Incognita and Its Paths
183(14)
BOOK II. PTOLEMAIC AND ROMAN EGYPT
Francoise Dunand
PART I. RELIGION AND POWER
1. From the Lagides to the Roman Emperors: The New Pharaohs and Their Politico-Religious Ideology
197(9)
The Sacralization of Power
198(4)
Themes and Instruments of Royal Propaganda
202(4)
2. The Reactions of the Priests
206(8)
The Ptolemaic Period: An Ambiguous Game of Opposition/Collaboration
206(4)
The Roman Period: A Muzzled and Resigned Clergy
210(4)
3. A New God: The "Creation" of Sarapis
214(11)
The Greek Contribution and the Egyptian Contribution
214(2)
Who Was Sarapis?
216(2)
Sarapis: Dynastic God, God of the Polis, God "for the Greeks"?
218(7)
PART II. THE RELIGIOUS UNIVERSE
4. The Vitality of the Traditional Religion
225(15)
The Sanctuaries
225(8)
Upsurge in Theological Activity
233(2)
"All the Egyptians Render a Cult to Them": Isis and Osiris
235(5)
5. New Gods and Cults
240(27)
Greek Gods and Cults
240(7)
Royal Cult and Imperial Cult
247(6)
Judaism in Egypt
253(6)
Birth and Spread of Christianity in Egypt
259(8)
6. Problems and Controversies
267(18)
Changes in the Image of the Gods
267(9)
Polytheisms and Monotheisms: From Coexistence to Conflict
276(9)
PART III. HUMAN BEHAVIORS
7. Official Liturgies: The World of the Temples and Its Activities
285(14)
A Greek Festival: The Ptolemaia of Alexandria
285(4)
An Egyptian Festival: The "Festival of the Uplifting of the Sky and the Creation of the Potter's Wheel" at Esna
289(5)
In the World of the Temples: The Daily Life of an Egyptian Temple
294(5)
8. From "Learned" Religion to "Popular" Religion
299(20)
Outside the World of the Temples: Private Religious Practice
299(7)
A Form of Consecration: Reclusion in the Temples
306(5)
From Everyday Cares to Anguish Before the Unknown: Oracles and Magic
311(8)
9. Funerary Beliefs and Rituals
319(20)
Images of the Hereafter: Egyptian Vision and Greek Vision
319(6)
The Persistence of Traditional Practices
325(8)
From "Pagan" Funerary Rituals to Christian Customs: A Manifest Continuity
333(6)
Conclusion 339(4)
Glossary of Gods and Goddesses 343(8)
Maps 351(2)
Chronology 353(4)
Bibliography 357(12)
Index 369

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