The organization of the pyramid texts : typology and disposition /

The organization of the pyramid texts : typology and disposition /

The ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts form the oldest sizable body of religious texts in the world. Discovered in the late nineteenth century, they had been inscribed on the interior stone walls of the pyramid tombs of third-millennium kings and queens. From their content it is clear that they were con...

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Main Author: Hays, Harold M.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Series: Probleme der Ägyptologie 31.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223226.

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Pyramid texts.
Egyptian literature > History and criticism.
Egyptian literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Call Number: PJ1553 .H39 2012eb

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material Volume One
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One Performance Settings and Structures
  • Chapter Two Groups and Series of Pyramid Texts
  • Chapter Three Categories of Pyramid Texts
  • Chapter Four Interface of Groups and Categories
  • Chapter Five Recapitulation
  • Coda Types of Pyramid Texts and Their Interface with Groups
  • Indices
  • Preliminary Material Volume Two
  • Listing One Pyramid Texts by Typology and Disposition
  • Listing Two Sequences of Pyramid Texts
  • Listing Three Subsequences of Pyramid Texts
  • Listing Four Typological Motifs of Pyramid Texts
  • Plans of Texts in Kingly Pyramids
  • Charts of Groups of Texts in Kingly Pyramids
  • References Cited.