The Organization of the Pyramid Texts (2 vol. set): Typology and Disposition
Hays, Harold M.
The Organization of the Pyramid Texts (2 vol. set): Typology and Disposition - Leiden - Boston Brill 2012 - 1 electronic resource (Vol. 1 xxxiv, 314 pp., Vol. 2 viii, 400 pp. p.)
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The ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts form the oldest sizable body of religious texts in the world. Discovered in the late nineteenth century, they had been inscribed on the interior stone walls of the pyramid tombs of third-millennium kings and queens. From their content it is clear that they were concerned with the afterlife state of the tomb owner, but the historical meaning of their emergence has been poorly understood. This book weds traditional philological approaches to linguistic anthropology in order to associate them with two spheres of human action: mortuary cult and personal preparation for the afterlife. Monumentalized as hieroglyphs in the tomb, their function was now one step removed from the human events that had motivated their original production.
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English
OAPEN_421591 9789004227491
10.26530/OAPEN_421591 doi
Egypt
BCE to c 500 CE
Egyptian archaeology / Egyptology
history of religions ancient egyptian religion ritual studies speech act theory redaction criticism quantitative analysis performance theory linguistic anthropology religious studies egyptology
The Organization of the Pyramid Texts (2 vol. set): Typology and Disposition - Leiden - Boston Brill 2012 - 1 electronic resource (Vol. 1 xxxiv, 314 pp., Vol. 2 viii, 400 pp. p.)
Open Access
The ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts form the oldest sizable body of religious texts in the world. Discovered in the late nineteenth century, they had been inscribed on the interior stone walls of the pyramid tombs of third-millennium kings and queens. From their content it is clear that they were concerned with the afterlife state of the tomb owner, but the historical meaning of their emergence has been poorly understood. This book weds traditional philological approaches to linguistic anthropology in order to associate them with two spheres of human action: mortuary cult and personal preparation for the afterlife. Monumentalized as hieroglyphs in the tomb, their function was now one step removed from the human events that had motivated their original production.
Creative Commons
English
OAPEN_421591 9789004227491
10.26530/OAPEN_421591 doi
Egypt
BCE to c 500 CE
Egyptian archaeology / Egyptology
history of religions ancient egyptian religion ritual studies speech act theory redaction criticism quantitative analysis performance theory linguistic anthropology religious studies egyptology