Mankind and the Egyptian Gods
Publisher
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Vivendi/Armand Colin
Parution date
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2001
EAN
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9782200261924
Description
From its early beginnings to paganism, Christianity, and the dawn of the Arab conquest, the Egyptian religion has experienced many changes over the centuries. Unlike other books that end Egypt's history with the arrival of Alexander, Dieux et hommes en Egypte takes stock of the country's internal evolution as well as its external influences. Both a religious and anthropological study, Dieux et hommes en Egypte explains how Egyptians envisioned their human condition, first by looking at their gods, then later at their religious rituals. In addition, it examines personal forms of piety, as well as conceptions of the afterlife, along with the life-perpetuating practices that constitute one of the main tenets of the Egyptian religion.
Author
Christiane Zivie-Coche : Christiane Zivie-Coche, also professor emeritus, is director of research in religious sciences at the Ecole pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris.
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