The Search for God in Ancient Egypt

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First English-language edition, with revisions and additions by the creator.This classic work by some of the world’s so much distinguished Egyptologists was once first published in German in 1984. The Seek for God in Ancient Egypt offers a distillation of Jan Assmann’s views on ancient Egyptian religion, with special emphasis on theology and piety. Deeply rooted within the texts of ancient Egypt and thoroughly informed by comparative religion, theology, anthropology, and semiotic analysis, Assmann’s interpretations reveal the complexity of Egyptian thought in a new way.Assmann takes special care to tell apart between the “implicit” theology of Egyptian polytheism and the “explicit” theology that may be taken with exploring the issue of the divine. His discussion of polytheism and mythology addresses aspects of ritual, the universe, and myth; his consideration of explicit theology deals with theodicy and the specifics of Amarna religion.

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