Title: The search for God in ancient Egypt /
Authors: Assmann, Jan
Publisher: Cornell University Press,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Mythology, Egyptian.; Egypt Religion.
Contents: 1. Religion: Divine Presence and Transcendence -- Pt. 1. The Dimensions of Divine Presence: The Implicit Theology of Egyptian Polytheism -- 2. The Local or Cultic Dimension -- 3. The Cosmos -- 4. The Verbal or Mythic Dimension -- 5. Myth -- 6. On the Meaning of the Three Dimensions: Concluding Remarks -- Pt. 2. Explicit Theology: The Development of Theological Discourse -- 7. The Unity of Discourse -- 8. Theodicy and Theology in the Middle Kingdom -- 9. The New Gods.