A handbook of Egyptian religion

With 130 illustrations.. Published in the original German edition as a handbook, by the General Verwaltung of the Berlin Imperial Museums.. Translated by A. S. Griffith.

Preliminary note. Introduction. 1 Religious beliefs of the early period. 2 Religious customs of the early period. 3 Religious beliefs and customs of the New Kingdom. 4 Beliefs regarding the dead, of the early period and of the New Kingdom. 5 Funerary customs of the early period and of the new kingdom. 6 Magic. 7 Religion of the late period. 8 Beliefs regarding the dead, at the late period. 9 The Egyptian religion in adjacent countries. 10 The Hellenistic period in Egypt. 11 The Egyptian religion in Europe

'The handbook of the Egyptian Religion seemed especially worthy of a wide circulation. It is a survey by the founder of the modern school of Egyptology in Germany, of perhaps the most interesting p all the departments of this subject. The Egyptian religion appeals to some because of its endless variety of form, and the many phases of superstition and belief that it represents; to others because of its early recognition of a high moral principle, its elaborate conceptions of life after death, and its connection with the development of Christianity; to others again no doubt because it explains pretty things dear to the collector of antiquities, and familiar objects in museums. Professor Erman is the first to present the Egyptian religion in historical perspective; and it is surely a merit in his work that out of his profound knowledge of the Egyptian texts, he permits them to tell their own tale almost in their own words, either by extracts or summaries.'

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