Religion in Roman Egypt
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Amun
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian deities
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Christian literature
Christianity
Christianization
Copts
Deir el-Bahari
Deity
Demonology
Demotic (Egyptian)
Diocletian
Divination
Edict
Egypt (Roman province)
Egyptian temple
Egyptians
Egyptology
Epigraphy
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Ethnic religion
Faiyum
Folk religion
God
Grimoire
Hagiography
Harpocrates
Hellenistic period
Hellenization
Homily
Iconoclasm
Iconography
Ideology
Isis
Khnum
Late Antiquity
Literature
Liturgy
Mandulis
Menouthis
Monastery
Oracle
Oxyrhynchus
Paganism
Petbe
Philae
Piety
Prayer
Procession
Ptolemaic Kingdom
Religion
Religious text
Rite
Roman Empire
Saint
Scriptorium
Serapeum
Serapis
Sermon
Shai
Shenoute
Stele
Supernatural
Syncretism
Taweret
The Other Hand
Veneration
Worship
Writing
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- ISBN 9780691070544
- Weight: 510g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 05 Nov 2000
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This exploration of cultural resilience examines the complex fate of classical Egyptian religion during the centuries from the period when Christianity first made its appearance in Egypt to when it became the region's dominant religion (roughly 100 to 600 C.E. Taking into account the full range of witnesses to continuing native piety--from papyri and saints' lives to archaeology and terracotta figurines--and drawing on anthropological studies of folk religion, David Frankfurter argues that the religion of Pharonic Egypt did not die out as early as has been supposed but was instead relegated from political centers to village and home, where it continued a vigorous existence for centuries. In analyzing the fate of the Egyptian oracle and of the priesthoods, the function of magical texts, and the dynamics of domestic cults, Frankfurter describes how an ancient culture maintained itself while also being transformed through influences such as Hellenism, Roman government, and Christian dominance.
Recognizing the special characteristics of Egypt, which differentiated it from the other Mediterranean cultures that were undergoing simultaneous social and political changes, he departs from the traditional "decline of paganism/triumph of Christianity" model most often used to describe the Roman period. By revealing late Egyptian religion in its Egyptian historical context, he moves us away from scenarios of Christian triumph and shows us how long and how energetically pagan worship survived.
David Frankfurter is Associate Professor of History and Religious Studies at the University of New Hampshire. He is the author of Elijah in Upper Egypt: The Apocalypse of Elijah and Early Egyptian Christianity.
