LEADER 05052oam 2200661I 450 001 9910452647703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-54256-6 010 $a1-138-87871-5 010 $a1-315-01772-5 010 $a1-136-54249-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315017723 035 $a(CKB)2550000001128402 035 $a(EBL)1461010 035 $a(OCoLC)862048878 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001156957 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11735338 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001156957 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11207270 035 $a(PQKB)11541700 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1461010 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1461010 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10781187 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL529036 035 $a(OCoLC)868967440 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001128402 100 $a20180331e20041973 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEgyptian religion /$fSiegfried Morenz 210 1$aOxon [England] :$cRoutledge,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (396 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Social and cultural anthropology ;$vXII 300 $aFirst published in 1973. 311 $a0-415-33037-8 311 $a1-299-97785-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; Sources; Meaning of religion in Egyptian; 1. THE RELIGIOUS ORIGIN OF THE EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION; Art; Literature and drama; Science; Philology and philosophy; Historiography; Government; Justice; Religion as matrix of culture; 2. THE GODS; Power; Conception of the gods; Form of the gods: personification; Names of the gods; Creation of the gods; Negative relationship between gods and man; Local deities; Cosmic deities; Revelation 327 $aSacrosanct monarchyKing's two bodies; The king as intermediary with the gods; 3. THE WORSHIPPERS; The Egyptocentric outlook: the country; The Egyptocentric outlook: the inhabitants; Extent of Egyptian gods' influence; Extent of Egyptian gods' influence within the country; 4. DIVINE COMMANDMENTS, GUIDANCE AND INSPIRATION: THE FUNCTIONS OF THE GODS; The problem of free will; Theodicy; Divine commandments; Divine guidance; Divine inspiration; Fate; Foreknowledge; prophecy; Terminology for 'fate'; God as lord of fate; Egyptian view of time; 5. CULT AND PIETY: THE CONDUCT OF MEN 327 $aRelationship between cult and mythCult in dynastic times; The Egyptian temple; Daily service for the image; Festivals; Professions of belief; hymns; Divine service as expression of a juridical relationship between God and man; Sanctity; Priesthood; Personal piety; oracles; Amon's role in personal piety; Images; Coexistence of official cult and personal piety; 6. ETHICS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO RELIGION; Religious foundations of conduct; Sources; What is maat ?; Relative explicitness of maat; Means of becoming cognizant of maat; Cognizance of maat based on insight and experience 327 $aMaat as measure of judgement upon menThe judgement of the dead; Consciousness of sin; Substance of Egyptian ethics; Ethics and religion; 7. EGYPTIAN THEOLOGY; Nature of Egyptian theology; Local deities; 'syncretism'; Unity in plurality; Egyptian trinities; Doctrine of Amenophis IV; Origins of monotheism; Relationship between deity and image; Initial assumption of identity between image and object; Ritual performed to vitalize the image; Concept of ba; 8. EGYPTIAN COSMOGONIES AND DOCTRINES OF EVOLUTION; Creation; The creator-god as craftsman; God as procreator; Creation through God's word 327 $aTime of the creation 'the first time'; Material of creation; Mythology of creation and scientific thought; Origin of life from an egg; Origin of life from a lotus; Relationship between doctrines of creation and evolution; 9. DEATH AND THE DEAD; Creation of man; God as lord of death; Death part of cosmic order; Egyptian attitude to death; The act of dying; Egyptians' lifelong consciousness of death; Creative consequences: the pyramids and Egyptian art; Burial customs; mummification; Funerary gifts and supply of provisions; Concept of heaven; Realm of the dead; Historical development 327 $aSignificance: overcoming death 330 $aIntroducing the reader to the gods and their worshippers and to the ways in which they were related, this book focuses on the ever-present link between the human and the divine in Ancient Egypt. The book also examines the impact of Egyptian religion 410 0$aRoutledge library editions.$pAnthropology and ethnography ;$vXII. 607 $aEgypt$xReligion 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a396 700 $aMorenz$b Siegfried.$0185404 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452647703321 996 $aEgyptian religion$92118369 997 $aUNINA