Egyptian Solar Religion in the New Kingdom
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Amarna Religion
Amarna religious reform
ancient Egyptian theology
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Egyptian Solar Religion
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god
hymns
Imperial Triad
journey
LA II
Medinet Habu
Memphite Theology
New Kingdom solar worship transformation
Night Boat
Non-royal Tomb
Obo
Offering Formula
pantheism in antiquity
period
personal piety Egypt
Primeval God
Ramesses III
ramesside
Ramesside Period
Reproductive Tradition
solar cult rituals
Solar Journey
Solar Theology
sun
Sun Boat
Sun Cult
Sun God
Sun Hymns
Sun Priest
Theban tomb hymns
theology
Thutmosis III
Urk Iv
Zeit Und Ewigkeit
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- ISBN 9780367864910
- Weight: 300g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 12 Dec 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Revised and expanded, this volume deals with the religious traditions of ancient Egypt, which have come down to us in a state which is both extremely fragmentary and complex. New material - especially hymns collected in Theban tombs - now allows a much more precise allocation of religious texts and ideas in terms of time, place and social context. Within the field of solar religion, no less than five different traditions have to be distinguished: 1) the liturgical traditions of the royal solar cult, which for their secrecy and exclusivity are labelled the mysteries of the sun cult; 2) the traditional mythology of the solar course expressed in hymns and pictorial representations; 3) the revolutionary process culminating in the Amarna period, which discards the mythic images and gives a monotheistic construction of the solar course, a process which starts before Akhenaten's revolution; 4) the theology of Amun-Re, the God of Thebes, before the Amarna Period, a theology of primacy where one god acts as chief of a pantheon; and 5) the quite different theology of this same Amun-Re after Amarna, a theology which answers the monotheistic experience by developing a kind of pantheism - the concept of the hidden god - who is both cosmic god and personal saviour.
Jan Assmann is Honorary Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Constance, where he is today.
