Egypt, trunk of the tree
Subtitle: a modern survey of an ancient land
By: by Simson R. Najovits.
Publisher: Algora Pub.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Egypt -- Religion -- History.; Egypt -- Civilization.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The early religious and societal context; title: The early technological context; title: The ethnic and geographical context; title: The context of systems of gods, demons, cosmogonies, myths and magic; title: The theocratic and political context; title: The founding mythological context; title: The artistic context; title: The social context of the Egyptian politico-religious system; title: The central preoccupation of the Egyptian religion; title: Polytheism, theocracy and politico-religious rivalry gave birth to monotheizing chief gods; title: Akhenaten invents the first monotheism; title: Egypto-Hebrew relations; title: The new kingdom marked the apex of Egyptian power in all domains; title: Egypt, an authentic hinge society and an imaginary hinge society; title: The rediscovery of Egypt as the trunk of the tree.