Osiris
Subtitle: death and afterlife of a God
By: Bojana Mojsov.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9781405110730; 9781405131797
Subjects: Osiris (Egyptian deity) -- Cult -- History; Mysteries, Religious -- History; Christianity -- Origin
Description: "This is the first book to tell the story of the cult of Osiris from beginning to end. Drawing together the numerous records about Osiris from the third millennium bc to the Roman conquest of Egypt, Bojana Mojsov sketches the development of the cult throughout 3,000 years of Egyptian history"--Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The myth makers; title: Enter the divine king; title: Abydos; title: Pyramid builders; title: The mysteries; title: Rise of the empire; title: Golden pharaohs; title: Books of the afterlife; title: Toward the sunset; title: Greeks in Egypt; title: The Roman legacy.