Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis : Beyond Light and Darkness /
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Religion is never simply there . In Religion and the Everyday Life of Manichaeans in Kellis , Mattias Brand shows where and when ordinary individuals and families in Egypt practiced a Manichaean way of life. Rather than portraying this ancient religion as a well-structured, totalizing community, the fourth-century papyri sketch a dynamic image of lived religious practice, with all the contradictions, fuzzy boundaries, and limitations of everyday life. Following these microhistorical insights, this book demonstrates how family life, gift-giving, death rituals, communal gatherings, and book writing are connected to our larger academic debates about religious change in late antiquity.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004510296
9789004508224
Power, politics, and the cults of Isis : proceedings of the Vth International Conference of Isis studies, Boulogne-sur-Mer, October 13-15, 2011 /
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In the Hellenistic and Roman world intimate relations existed between those holding power and the cults of Isis. This book is the first to chart these various appropriations over time within a comparative perspective. Ten carefully selected case studies show that "the Egyptian gods" were no exotic outsiders to the Hellenistic and Roman Mediterranean, but constituted a well institutionalised and frequently used religious option. Ranging from the early Ptolemies and Seleucids to late Antiquity, the case studies illustrate how much symbolic meaning was made with the cults of Isis by kings, emperors, cities and elites. Three articles introduce the theme of Isis and the longue durée theoretically, simultaneously exploring a new approach towards concepts like ruler cult and Religionspolitik .
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Includes index. :
1 online resource (xvii, 364 pages) : illustrations (some colour) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004278271 :
0927-7633 ; :
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Il cammino di Harwa : l'uomo di fronte al mistero : l'Egitto /
: "Il Museo Diocesano di Brescia in collaborazione con il Museo Egizio di Torino, le Civiche Raccolte Archeologiche di Milano e l'Associazione Culturale "Harwa 2002""--P. [5]. : 183 pages : illustrations (some color), plan ; 28 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-182). : 8843571427
Perspectives on lived religion : practices transmission landscape /
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Religion in the ancient world, and ancient Egyptian religion in particular, is often perceived as static, hierarchically organised, and centred on priests, tombs, and temples. Engagement with archaeological and textual evidence dispels these beguiling if superficial narratives, however. Individuals and groups continuously shaped their environments, and were shaped by them in turn. This volume explores the ways in which this adaptation, negotiation, and reconstruction of religious understandings took place. The material results of these processes are termed 'cultural geography'. The volume examines this 'cultural geography' through the study of three vectors of religious agency: religious practices, the transmission of texts and images, and the study of religious landscapes." - Back cover
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304 pages : illustrations (color), plans, maps ; 28 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (253-304). :
9789088907920 :
2034-550x ;
The cultural manifestations of religious experience : studies in honour of Boyo G. Ockinga /
: Festschrift 29 English, 5 German contributions This volume celebrates the 65th birthday of Egyptologist Boyo G. Ockinga (Macquarie University of Sydney). He brings together 34 contributions from well-known Egyptologists which throw new light on how religiosity manifests itself in cult objects in Ancient Egypt. The following questions are addressed: Do changing religious ideas influence art and architecture? How does literature reflect religious and cultural norms? How do historical facts affect religious expressions? : xi, 425 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9783868352351
Hommages à François Daumas /
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At head of title : Institut d'égyptologie, Université Paul Valéry. :
2 volumes (xxv, 626 pages) : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm. :
"Bibliographie de François Daumas" : volume 1, pages [ix]-xxv.
Includes bibliographical references. :
2905397128 (set)
2905397136 (volume 1)
2905397144 (volume 2)
The wisdom of Egypt : Jewish, early Christian, and gnostic essays in honour of Gerard P. Luttikhuizen /
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This collection of essays gives a vivid impression of Egypt as background and stage of Jewish, Christian, and Gnostic thought and life in antiquity. It demonstrates Egypt's important role in the history, literature and culture of these religions.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-547) and indexes. :
9789004331013 :
0169-734X = :
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