Publication

1998 - Princeton University Press, Princeton, N. J, New Jersey

Language

English

Word Count

78,500 words, Guess

Page Count

314 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL701209M
  • ISBN-100691026858
  • OCLC Control Number37975590
  • Library of Congress Control Number97049576
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  • LibraryThing229948

Classifications

  • DDC200/.932/09015
  • LCCBL2455 .F73 1998

Description

This exploration of cultural resilience examines the complex fate of classical Egyptian religion during the centuries from the period when Christianity first made its appearance in Egypt to when it became the region's dominant religion (roughly 100 to 600 C.E.). Taking into account the full range of witnesses to continuing native piety - from papyri and saints' lives to archaeology and terra-cotta figurines - and drawing on anthropological studies of folk religion, David Frankfurter argues that the religion of Pharaonic Egypt did not die out as early as has been supposed but was instead relegated from political centers to village and home, where it continued a vigorous existence for centuries.

Subjects

Topics

EgyptEgyptianReligionEgypt, religionChristianity and other religionsEgypt -- Religion -- 332 B.C.-640 A.D.Christianity and other religions -- Egyptian.

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