The Priests of Ancient Egypt,9780801436857

The Priests of Ancient Egypt

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ISBN13: 9780801436857
ISBN10: 0801436850
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-05-01
Publisher(s): Cornell Univ Pr
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Summary

The gods were everywhere in Ancient Egypt. Represented by statues, bas-reliefs, and funerary paintings, they even walked among the Egyptians in the person of Pharaoh, considered to be a living god, son of the divine Ra. What better way to understand that distant culture than by becoming familiar with the people who served those gods?

Using as his sources the Egyptian texts and the testimony of classical authors, Serge Sauneron illuminates the role of the priesthood in Ancient Egypt. He re-creates the system of thought of one of the great civilizations of antiquity, addressing such topics as priestly functions, the world of the temples, holy festivals, tombs, and pyramids.

Sauneron describes the ceremonies of daily worship, considered vital in preventing the world's descent into chaos. He takes us deep into the sacred precincts of the temples -- home to the divine statues in which a part of the god was believed to dwell. One of the duties of the priests was to maintain these sacred effigies, to nourish, clothe, and protect them from attacks by evil spirits.<

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Jean-Pierre Corteggiani
Translator's Note ix
Chronology xi
Introduction 1(4)
The Testimony of Ancient Texts
5(23)
The Priestly Office
28(23)
The World of the Temples
51(24)
The Sacred Services
75(35)
Sacred Knowledge
110(58)
The Changing Fortunes of the Egyptian Clergies
168(19)
Notes 187(12)
Bibliography 199(4)
Books 203(2)
Serge Sauneron
Index 205

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