Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egypt R T Rundle Clark
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Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egypt

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Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egypt
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R T Rundle Clark
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9780500271124
Bridging the enormous and fascinating cultural gap between ourselves and the ancient Egyptians of the old and early Middle Kingdoms, Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egyptis concerened with the principal myths as they are recorded in the texts of the earlier and more creative periods of Egyptian history down to about 1750 BC. The chief sources are the Pyramid Texts, which were inscribed on the walls of the inner rooms of pharaohs and queens of the Sixth Dynasty (2350-2250 BC), and the Coffin Texts, which belong to the succeeding period. In telling the myths the author allows the texts to speak for themselves as far as possible, and gives considerable attention to the philosophical ideas which the myths were trying to express - ideas which foreshadowed the philosophy of the Greeks and even touched on the perennial problems of Christian theology. There is a mythological scheme which puts the myths into a developing sequence, a list of gods and a special section on the use of myth as a language of religious symbols.

Bridging the enormous and fascinating cultural gap between ourselves and the ancient Egyptians of the old and early Middle Kingdoms, Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egyptis concerened with the principal myths as they are recorded in the texts of the earlier and more creative periods of Egyptian history down to about 1750 BC. The chief sources are the Pyramid Texts, which were inscribed on the walls of the inner rooms of pharaohs and queens of the Sixth Dynasty (2350-2250 BC), and the Coffin Texts, which belong to the succeeding period. In telling the myths the author allows the texts to speak for themselves as far as possible, and gives considerable attention to the philosophical ideas which the myths were trying to express - ideas which foreshadowed the philosophy of the Greeks and even touched on the perennial problems of Christian theology. There is a mythological scheme which puts the myths into a developing sequence, a list of gods and a special section on the use of myth as a language of religious symbols.

Bridging the enormous and fascinating cultural gap between ourselves and the ancient Egyptians of the old and early Middle Kingdoms, Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egyptis concerened with the principal myths as they are recorded in the texts of the earlier and more creative periods of Egyptian history down to about 1750 BC. The chief sources are the Pyramid Texts, which were inscribed on the walls of the inner rooms of pharaohs and queens of the Sixth Dynasty (2350-2250 BC), and the Coffin Texts, which belong to the succeeding period. In telling the myths the author allows the texts to speak for themselves as far as possible, and gives considerable attention to the philosophical ideas which the myths were trying to express - ideas which foreshadowed the philosophy of the Greeks and even touched on the perennial problems of Christian theology. There is a mythological scheme which puts the myths into a developing sequence, a list of gods and a special section on the use of myth as a language of religious symbols.