Death and salvation in ancient Egypt [[electronic resource] /] / by Jan Assmann ; translated from the German by David Lorton ; abridged and updated by the author |
Autore | Assmann Jan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (504 p.) |
Disciplina | 299/.3123 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LortonDavid |
Soggetto topico |
Eschatology, Egyptian
Death - Religious aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8014-6486-2
0-8014-6480-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Translator's Note -- Introduction: Death and Culture -- Part One. Images of Death -- 1. Death as Dismemberment -- 2. Death as Social Isolation -- 3. Death as Enemy -- 4. Death as Dissociation: The Person of the Deceased and Its Constituent Elements -- 5. Death as Separation and Reversal -- 6. Death as Transition -- 7. Death as Return -- 8. Death as Mystery -- 9. Going Forth by Day -- Part Two. Rituals and Recitations -- 10. Mortuary Liturgies and Mortuary Literature -- 11. In the Sign of the Enemy: The Protective Wake in the Place of Embalming -- 12. The Night of Vindication -- 13. Rituals of Transition from Home to Tomb -- 14. Provisioning the Dead -- 15. Sacramental Explanation -- 16. Freedom from the Yoke of Transitoriness: Resultativity and Continuance -- 17. Freedom from the Yoke of Transitoriness: Immortality -- Afterword: Egypt and the History of Death -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457781103321 |
Assmann Jan | ||
Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Death and salvation in ancient Egypt [[electronic resource] /] / by Jan Assmann ; translated from the German by David Lorton ; abridged and updated by the author |
Autore | Assmann Jan |
Edizione | [Abridged and updated by the author] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (504 p.) |
Disciplina | 299/.3123 |
Altri autori (Persone) | LortonDavid |
Soggetto topico |
Eschatology, Egyptian
Death - Religious aspects |
ISBN |
0-8014-6486-2
0-8014-6480-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Translator's Note -- Introduction: Death and Culture -- Part One. Images of Death -- 1. Death as Dismemberment -- 2. Death as Social Isolation -- 3. Death as Enemy -- 4. Death as Dissociation: The Person of the Deceased and Its Constituent Elements -- 5. Death as Separation and Reversal -- 6. Death as Transition -- 7. Death as Return -- 8. Death as Mystery -- 9. Going Forth by Day -- Part Two. Rituals and Recitations -- 10. Mortuary Liturgies and Mortuary Literature -- 11. In the Sign of the Enemy: The Protective Wake in the Place of Embalming -- 12. The Night of Vindication -- 13. Rituals of Transition from Home to Tomb -- 14. Provisioning the Dead -- 15. Sacramental Explanation -- 16. Freedom from the Yoke of Transitoriness: Resultativity and Continuance -- 17. Freedom from the Yoke of Transitoriness: Immortality -- Afterword: Egypt and the History of Death -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781539803321 |
Assmann Jan | ||
Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Death and salvation in ancient Egypt / / by Jan Assmann ; translated from the German by David Lorton ; abridged and updated by the author |
Autore | Assmann Jan |
Edizione | [Abridged and updated by the author] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (504 p.) |
Disciplina | 299/.3123 |
Soggetto topico |
Eschatology, Egyptian
Death - Religious aspects |
ISBN |
0-8014-6486-2
0-8014-6480-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Translator's Note -- Introduction: Death and Culture -- Part One. Images of Death -- 1. Death as Dismemberment -- 2. Death as Social Isolation -- 3. Death as Enemy -- 4. Death as Dissociation: The Person of the Deceased and Its Constituent Elements -- 5. Death as Separation and Reversal -- 6. Death as Transition -- 7. Death as Return -- 8. Death as Mystery -- 9. Going Forth by Day -- Part Two. Rituals and Recitations -- 10. Mortuary Liturgies and Mortuary Literature -- 11. In the Sign of the Enemy: The Protective Wake in the Place of Embalming -- 12. The Night of Vindication -- 13. Rituals of Transition from Home to Tomb -- 14. Provisioning the Dead -- 15. Sacramental Explanation -- 16. Freedom from the Yoke of Transitoriness: Resultativity and Continuance -- 17. Freedom from the Yoke of Transitoriness: Immortality -- Afterword: Egypt and the History of Death -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814681103321 |
Assmann Jan | ||
Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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