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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786468103321

Autore

Blackman Aylward M (Aylward Manley), <1883-1956., >

Titolo

Gods, priests and men : studies in the religion of pharaonic Egypt / / by Aylward M. Blackman ; compiled and edited with an introduction by Alan B. Lloyd

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-15394-2

0-203-03827-4

1-283-84041-3

1-136-15386-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (465 p.)

Collana

Studies in Egyptology

Altri autori (Persone)

LloydAlan B

Disciplina

299/.31

Soggetti

Mythology, Egyptian

Egypt Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1998 by Kegan Paul International.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-451).

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Gods, Priests and Men; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Section I: Generalities; 1. 'Purification (Egyptian)': Hastings, ERE, 10 (1918), 476-82; 2. 'Righteousness (Egyptian)': op.cit. 10 (1918), 792-800; 3. 'Salvation (Egyptian)': op.cit. 11 (1920), 131-2; 4. 'Sin (Egyptian)': op.cit. 11 (1920), 544-5; 5. 'Myth and Ritual in Ancient Egypt': S.H. Hooke (ed.), Myth and Ritual (1933), Essay II; Section II: The Cult of the Dead; 6. 'The Significance of Incense and Libations in Funerary and Temple Ritual': ZÄS 50 (1912),69-75

7. 'Libations to the Dead in Modern Nubia and Ancient Egypt': JEA 3 (1916), 31-48. 'The Ka-House and the Serdab' JEA 3 (1916), 250-4; 9. 'Some Notes on the Ancient Egyptian Practice of Washing the dead': JEA 5 (1918), 117-24; 10. 'The Rite of Opening the Mouth in Ancient Egypt and Babylonia': JEA 10 (1924), 47-59; Section III: The Temple Cult; 11. 'Priest, Priesthood (Egyptian)' : Hastings, ERE 10 (1918), 293-302; 12. 'On the Position of Women in the Ancient Egyptian Hierachy': JEA 7 (1921), 8-30; 13. 'Worship (Egyptian)': Hastings, ERE 12 (1921), 776-82

14. 'Sacramental Ideas and Usages in Ancient Egypt': PSBA March, 1918, 57-66, and May, 1918, 86-9115. 'The House of the Morning': JEA 5



(1918), 148-65; 16. 'The Sequence of the Episodes in the Egyptian Daily Temple Liturgy': JMEOS 8 (1919), 27-53; 17. 'A Study of the Liturgy celebrated in the Temple of the Aton at El-Amarna': Recueil d'études égyptologiques dédiées à la mémoire de Jean-François Champollion (Ecole des hautes études. Bibliothéque: Sciences historiques et philologiques, 234) (Paris, 1922), 505-27

18. 'The Myth of Horus at Edfu-I', with H.W. Fairman: JEA 28 (1942), 32-8 (continuation of H.W. Fairman, 'The Myth of Horus at Edfu. I', JEA 21 (1935), 26-3619. 'The Myth of Horus at Edfu-II', with H.W. Fairman: JEA 29 (1943), 2-36; 20. 'The Myth of Horus at Edfu-II', with H.W. Fairman: JEA 30 (1944), 5-22; 21. 'The Consecration of an Egyptian Temple according to the Use of Edfu', with H.W. Fairman: JEA 32 (1946), 75-91; 22. 'The Significance of the Ceremony Ffwt BlJsw in the Temple of Horus at Edfu', with H.W. Fairman: JEA 35 (1949), 98-112

23. 'The Significance of the Ceremony Ffwt Bl]sw in the Temple of Horus at Edfu', with H.W. FairmanJEA 36 (1950),63-81Section IV: The King; 24. 'The Pharaoh's Placenta and the Moon-God Khons': JEA 3 (1916), 235-49; 25. 'The King of Egypt's Grace before Meat': JEA 31 (1945), 57-73; Section V: Communication Between Gods and Men; 26 'Oracles in Ancient Egypt. I. Papyrus B.M. 10335': JEA 11 (1925), 249-55; 27 'Oracles in Ancient Egypt. II': JEA 12 (1926), 176-85; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

This volume brings together for the first time in a single volume the highly significant works on ancient Egyptian religion by Aylward Manley Blackman (1883-1956). Blackman's knowledge of Egyptian religion was unrivalled. He was best known for his series of studies on Egyptian religion which have long been regarded as essential reading in the subject, and which forms the content of the present collection. Unusually, Blackman did not publish his writings in book form, but preferred to place them in a wide range of publications that are extremely difficult to obtain. Blackman's studies on Egy