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The Oxford Handbook of the Egyptian Book of the Dead
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Details
- Creator
- edited by Rita Lucarelli and Martin Andreas Stadler
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, [2023]
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (617 pages)
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9780190210014, 9780190210007, 9780190210021, 019021001X
- OCLC
- on1379478179
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Cover -- The Oxford Handbook of the Egyptian Book of the Dead -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I The Textual History of the Book of the Dead -- 1 The Transition from the Coffin Texts to the Book of the Dead -- 2 The Book of the Dead in the Eighteenth Dynasty -- 3 The Ramesside Book of the Dead and the Deir el-Medina Tradition -- 4 The Book of the Dead in the Third Intermediate Period -- 5 The Book of the Dead Papyri in the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty -- 6 The Last Books of the Dead
- Part II Types of Sources: The Material Aspect of the Book of the Dead -- 7 Writing Book of the Dead Manuscripts: Tasks and Traditions -- 8 Production and Layout of New Kingdom Book of the Dead Papyri -- 9 Female Owners of Book of the Dead Papyri -- 10 Book of the Dead on Tissues: Shrouds and Mummy Bandages -- 11 The Book of the Dead in Tombs -- 12 The Book of the Dead in Temples -- Part III The Book of the Dead's Position in Ancient Egyptian Religion -- 13 The Book of the Dead as a Source for the Study of Ancient Egyptian Religion: Methodology, Problems, Prospects
- 14 The Funerary Literature Related to the Book of the Dead -- 15 The Book of the Dead in the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods and the Contemporary Funerary Texts -- 16 The Book of the Ba -- Part IV Particular Aspects of the Book of the Dead's Contents -- 17 Thematic Groups and Sequences of Spells -- 18 Spell 1 of the Book of the Dead and Its Vignette -- 19 The Field of Offerings or Field of Reeds -- 20 The Judgment -- 21 Gods and Demons in the Book of the Dead -- 22 The So-Called Chapitres supplémentaires -- 23 Illustrations in Saite through Ptolemaic Books of the Dead
- Part V The Book of the Dead in Modern Times -- 24 The Time of the Pioneers (Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries) -- 25 Just a Catchy Title? On the History of Reception of the Egyptian Book of the Dead -- 26 Translating the Book of the Dead -- 27 The Conservation of Book of the Dead Papyri -- 28 The Art of Forgery in the Manuscript Culture in Antiquity -- Index