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# The Search for God in Ancient Egypt

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The Search for God in Ancient Egypt

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #333,420 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #36 in History of New Age & Mythology #244 in Ancient Egyptians History #362 in Archaeology (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (44) |
| Dimensions  | 6 x 0.81 x 9 inches |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 0801487293 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0801487293 |
| Item Weight  | 13.6 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 288 pages |
| Publication date  | February 13, 2001 |
| Publisher  | Cornell University Press |
| Reading age  | 18 years and up |

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## Customer Reviews

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    A detailed exploration of changes in Egyptian religion
  

*by R***T on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 27 November 2010*

Jan Assman has written many books on Egyptian religion, and this one explores several different dimensions of this field. The major divisions within the book cover firstly "implicit theology", in other words how personal and social religious practice reveal attitudes and habits of thought that are not directly discussed, and secondly "explicit theology", where ideas and themes are brought into the arena of public discussion and debate. Both aspects accommodate diversity of belief, and by allowing divergent views of religion to be brought face to face with each other enrich the human experience.Assman spends a considerable time exploring the dual aspect of the divine in Egypt - on the one hand a culture believing in and devoted to many different gods, but on the other hand a sense that "the divine" could be referred to in the singular, not the plural. These twin themes are revealed in many different areas, such as temple practice, views of the cosmos, the power of individual speech, and the expectation of a real divine presence encountered by men and women.Much of the focus towards the end of the book concerns the New Kingdom, and in particular the way that the specific religious views of Akhenaten both copied and diverged from traditional Egyptian practice. He sees this Amarna period as an interruption that threatened the development of religious thought rather than helping it, and some readers will part company from him here.The book itself was written in 1984 in German, but this 2001 translation by David Lorton reads smoothly and naturally - it is in fact very easy to forget that it is a translation. Assman's detailed analysis and years of study of the field permeate the book and are clearly set out in this very readable text.

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    This is a book I’ll need to read again. Great addition to my library!
  

*by A***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 4 June 2018*

Assmann is a very talented and intelligent scholar. This is a great in-depth oververiew with lots of invaluable references.

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    stupendo!
  
  

*by C***A on Reviewed in Italy 🇮🇹 on 16 October 2017*

Un libro meraviglioso. Nella sua analisi Assmann indaga l'io più profondo degli antichi egizi, la paura della morte intesa come la fine di tutto e in che modo essi hanno sconfitto questa paura. Sebbene Assmann spieghi meticolosamente ogni cosa, consiglio di avere almeno una infarinatura sulle pratiche funerarie egiziane

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