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The "One God" in Ancient Egypt

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In this episode, we explore whether or not we can find the conception of a single, absolute god in ancient Egyptian theology.


Sources/Suggested Reading:

  • Assmann, Jan (2001). "The Seach for God in Ancient Egypt". Translated by David Lorton. Cornell University Press.
  • Copenhaver, Brian P. (ed.) (1995). "Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius in a New English Translation, with Notes and Introduction". Cambridge University Press.
  • Hornung, Erik (1982). "Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: The One and the Many". Translated by John Baines. Cornell University Press.
  • Hornung, Erik (2001). "Akhenaten and the Religion of Light". Translated by David Lorton. Cornell University Press.
  • Simpson, William Kelley (ed.) (2003). "The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetry". Yale University Press.
  • Teeter Emily (2011). "Religion and Ritual in Ancient Egypt". Cambridge University Press.


#Egypt #Antiquity #Religion


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