The Organization of the Pyramid Texts (2 vol. set): Typology and Disposition

typology and disposition

Also known as The organization of the pyramid texts

by Harold M Hays

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21st century
Language: English

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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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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences and Pyramids, ancient engineering, and sacred architecture.

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
typology and disposition OAPEN Library open-access edition 314; 400; Leiden - Boston	2012	Brill	English	9786613683687 9789004218659 9789004227491 9789004230019 +6 more	Open access	OAPEN Library (opens in a new tab) Bibliothèque nationale de France (opens in a new tab) Harvard LibraryCloud (opens in a new tab)