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The Gods of Egypt
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The Gods of Egypt Hardcover - 2001

by Traunecker, Claude

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Cornell University Press. Very Good. 0801438349. 2001, bright clean copy, with dustjacket, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981 . 2001. Hardcover.
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  • Title The Gods of Egypt
  • Author Traunecker, Claude
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 144
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cornell University Press, NEW YORK
  • Date 2001
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # green162303
  • ISBN 9780801438349 / 0801438349
  • Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.8 x 5.78 x 0.68 in (22.35 x 14.68 x 1.73 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: African
  • Library of Congress subjects Egypt - Religion, Mythology, Egyptian
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001001671
  • Dewey Decimal Code 299.31

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From the publisher

The Gods of Egypt, first published in France in 1992 and now in its third French edition, is a short, elegant, and highly accessible survey of ancient Egyptian religion. The clarity and brevity of Claude Traunecker's book make it especially valuable to readers seeking an authoritative introduction to this complex topic. The Cornell edition, the first English translation, is enhanced by 23 illustrations. Traunecker begins with an overview of the source materials and a discussion of the historiography of Egyptian religion, a subject relatively neglected by scholars. He then describes the actual and metaphysical worlds inhabited by the Egyptian deities and the role that humans played in the Egyptian universe. Focusing especially on the diversity and number of approaches used by Egyptians to explain their world, The Gods of Egypt offers a succinct and highly readable presentation of recent interpretations of Egyptian religion.

First line

The sources concerning the deities of Egypt are innumerable.

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Citations

  • Choice, 04/01/2002, Page 1439

About the author

Claude Traunecker, one of the world's foremost authorities on ancient Egyptian religion, is director of the Institut d'Egyptologie at the University of Strasbourg. He is the author of Coptos: Hommes et dieux sur le parvis de Geb and coauthor of Karnak: Rsurrection d'un site and Le Caire. David Lorton, an Egyptologist, has translated other Cornell books, including The Twilight of Ancient Egypt: First Millennium B.C.E. by Karol Mysliwiec and The Search for God in Ancient Egypt by Jan Assmann.

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