The Search for God in Ancient Egypt
(Manufacturer: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS - Part No: 0801487293 - SKU: 1901452)

This classic work by one of the world's most distinguished Egyptologists was first published in German in 1984. The Search 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 in 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 tak ...Read More (specification)