The ancient Egyptian Netherworld Books /

The ancient Egyptian Netherworld Books, important compositions that decorated the New Kingdom royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings, present humanity's oldest surviving attempts to provide a scientific map of the unseen realms beyond the visible cosmos and contain imagery and annotations that...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Darnell, John Coleman (Author, Translator), Manassa, Colleen (Author, Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Ancient Egyptian
Published: Atlanta : SBL Press, [2018]
Series:Writings from the ancient world ; no. 39.
Subjects:
Religious literature, Egyptian > Translations into English.
Future life.
Vie future.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism
RELIGION / Comparative Religion
Future life
Religion
Religious literature, Egyptian
Egypt > Religion > History > Sources.
Égypte > Religion > Histoire > Sources.
Egypt
History
Sources
Translations
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; Main themes of the Netherworld books; Royal tombs of the New Kingdom; Development of tomb decoration and use of Netherworld Books; Netherworld Books in temple settings; Function of the Netherworld Books; Topography of the netherworld books: conceptions of space and time; Dating the Netherworld Books; Cryptography in the Netherworld Books; Post-New Kingdom uses of the Netherworld Books; A note on the translations
  • Book of adoring Re in the West
  • Book of the Hidden Chamber
  • Book of gates
  • Book of caverns
  • Books of the creation of the solar disk
  • Books of the Solar-Osirian unity.

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