Violence in the service of order : the religious framework for sanctioned killing in Ancient Egypt /

Violence in the service of order : the religious framework for sanctioned killing in Ancient Egypt /

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Main Author: Mühlestein, Kerry (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Series: BAR International Series ; 2299.

Subjects:

Religion and justice > History.
Philosophy, Egyptian.
Violence > Religious aspects > Egyptian religion.
Order > Religious aspects > Egyptian religion.
Egypt > Religion.

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Call Number: BL2443 .M84 2011

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Table of Contents:
  • The act of killing: an introduction
  • Death by Narmer and others: the Archaic period
  • Slaying under the Aegis of the God-King : the Old Kingdom
  • Sanctioned killing in the time between : the First Intermediate Period
  • Death by drowning, burning, and flaying: the Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate Period
  • The slayings of the great pharaohs: Dynasty 18
  • Instances of intrigue: the Ramesside Era
  • The constancy of killing amidst anarchy: Dynasties 21, 22, 25, and 26
  • A time to kill: the appropriateness of violence
  • Foreigners and Isfet
  • Violent myth in the ritual of return
  • Those who are about to die, we abhor you.