Ebook43 pages40 minutes
The Egyptian Conception of Immortality
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
Of the nations which have contributed to the direct stream of civilization, Egypt and Mesopotamia are at present believed to be the oldest. The chronological dispute as to the relative antiquity of the two countries is of minor importance; for while in Babylonia the historical material is almost entirely inscriptional, in Egypt we know the handicrafts, the weapons, the arts, and, to a certain extent, the religious beliefs of the race up to a period when it was just emerging from the Stone Age. In a word, Egypt presents the most ancient race whose manner of life is known to man. From the beginning of its history that is, from about 4500 B.C. we can trace the development of a religion one of whose most prominent elements was a promise of a life after death. It was still a great religion when the Christian doctrine of immortality was enunciated. In the early centuries of the Christian era, it seemed almost possible that the worship of Osiris and Isis might become the religion of the classical world; and the last stand made by civilized paganism against Christianity was in the temple of Isis at Philae in the sixth century after Christ. It is clear that a religion of such duration must have offered some of those consolations to man that have marked all great religions, chief of which is the faith in a spirit, in something that preserves the personality of the man and does not perish with the body. This faith was, in fact, one of the chief elements in the Egyptian religion - the element best known to us through the endless cemeteries which fill the desert from one end of Egypt to the other, and through the funerary inscriptions.
Read more from George Andrew Reisner
The Egyptian Conception of Immortality The Ingersoll Lecture, 1911 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Egyptian Conception of Immortality Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Egyptian Conception of Immortality
Related ebooks
The Egyptian Conception of Immortality Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsScarabs: The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOsiris and the Egyptian Resurrection, Vol. 1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Scarabs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Egyptian Origin of Christianity Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJesus after the Crucifixion: From Jerusalem to Rennes-le-Château Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Liturgy of Funerary Offerings Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEgyptian Ideas of the Afterlife Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Scarab Symbolism of the Ancient World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Ancient Egyptian Doctrine of the Immortality of the Soul Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 6 of 12) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChariot of Knowledge: The Lost History of the Ancient Olympic Games Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEternal Egypt: Ancient Rituals for the Modern World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Religion of Greece in Prehistoric Times Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEgyptian Ideas of the Future Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAncient Egyptian Religion: An Interpretation Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Tomb Treasures of the Late Middle Kingdom: The Archaeology of Female Burials Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Cremation of the Dead: Its History and Bearings Upon Public Health Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEgyptian Ideas of the Future Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDoing Archaeology in the Land of the Bible: A Basic Guide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Christianity: An Ancient Egyptian Religion Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Egyptian Religion and Mysteries Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIn quest for the seed idea Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLandmarks in the History of Early Christianity Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCrania Ægyptiaca: Or, Observations on Egyptian Ethnography Derived from Anatomy, History and the Monuments Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Gods of the Egyptians, Volume 1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Egyptian Sacred Sciences and Cosmology Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHermes and Plato Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
General Fiction For You
The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Unhoneymooners Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dante's Divine Comedy: Inferno Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life of Pi: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Priory of the Orange Tree Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Man Called Ove: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fellowship Of The Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The City of Dreaming Books Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shantaram: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everything's Fine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nettle & Bone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The King James Version of the Bible Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Candy House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ulysses: With linked Table of Contents Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Ends with Us: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Other Black Girl: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cabin at the End of the World: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beartown: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Meditations: Complete and Unabridged Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Canterbury Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beyond Good and Evil Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Egyptian Conception of Immortality
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
The Egyptian Conception of Immortality - George Andrew Reisner
22^ book_preview_excerpt.html }Wo6W>\7m=4ڬZg%){ݿe'mManۛN)Wg#͛i
)ow2oaZU=ÇU~]]>.vvzb={Ŏ]VWla,W/.b^dbO._{\]y)u\6a3ﶫl=|wWx9s~bYdB9xmӫte.SͲ@E?lB}SUmu68~~N'5VblCop}^WQUlIMױ&uƒ'FnuL[Vƪ߈, ƓH
qj{~L} tjU?(7) _?NGR%u{~ԝ/ATu jM&8*RGTs Y-HFE}-v}0
Oݗ
uWyTGx]XgؚU@>|K'0{+n_A?ͮcZGl흗s #cZ
"jUtluT^p8Îcݑa.htPǴȇJ3I4PU*gd
GSґ+$,