Religious Practice and Cultural Construction of Animal Worship in Egypt from the Early Dynastic to the New Kingdom: Ritual Forms, Material Display, Historical Development
This study presents an articulated historical interpretation of Egyptian 'animal worship' from the Early Dynastic to the New Kingdom, and offers a new understanding of its chronological development through a fresh review of pertinent archaeological and textual data.
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Archaeopress
2021
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Archaeopress egyptology (36)
Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Archaeopress egyptology
36 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Egypt (Antiquity)
/ Geschichte Anfänge-1070 v. Chr.
/ Animal cult
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Electronic books
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| Summary: | This study presents an articulated historical interpretation of Egyptian 'animal worship' from the Early Dynastic to the New Kingdom, and offers a new understanding of its chronological development through a fresh review of pertinent archaeological and textual data. Cover -- Contents page -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introducing Animal Worship -- 1.1 Animal worship and ancient Egyptian religion: articulation of the problem -- 1.2 Thesis, goals, and limitations of the present study -- 1.3 History of research and status quaestionis -- 1.3.1 The memory-horizon: the role of literary tradition -- 1.3.2 The research-horizon: problems and perspectives -- 1.3.3 Animal worship: the 'Standard Model' -- Figure 1.1. Diagram illustrating the conceptual background of the Egyptological 'Standard Model' of Egyptian 'animal worship'. -- Table 1.1. 'Animal worship' and Egyptian religion according to the 'Standard Model'. -- Figure 1.2. Historical development of 'animal worship' according to the 'Standard Model'. Slightly modified from Colonna 2017: Figure 1. -- 1.4 Theory and methodology -- 1.4.1 The problem of a definition and the definition of a problem -- 1.4.2 The practical dimension: religious practice and ritual -- 1.4.3 The historical dimension: display and decorum -- 1.4.4 'Animal worship': designing an Alternative Model -- Figure 1.3. Diagram illustrating the conceptual background of the 'Alternative Model'. -- Figure 1.1. Diagram illustrating the conceptual background of the Egyptological 'Standard Model' of Egyptian 'animal worship'. -- Figure 1.2. Historical development of 'animal worship' according to the 'Standard Model'. Slightly modified from Colonna 2017: Figure 1. -- Figure 1.3. Diagram illustrating the conceptual background of the 'Alternative Model'. -- Part I Presenting the Evidence -- Part I Presenting the Evidence -- Figure 2.1. Sealing from Tomb 414, Tarkhan (Cairo JE 43798). After Petrie 1913: pl. II.4. -- The Early Dynastic -- 2.1 Royal evidence. |
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| ISBN: | 1789698227 |