Table of Contents
List of Maps, Figures and Plates viii
Maps 1 and 2 xii
Preface xiv
Acknowledgments xvi
Abbreviation xvii
Part I A Survey Of The Historical Development Of Religion In Ancient Egypt
Introduction 3
1 The Predynastic and Early Dynastic communities 10
The Predynastic societies 10
The Dynastic Race 11
The political and social organisation of the Naqada II communities 14
The Unification of Egypt 15
The political organisation of the Early Dynastic period 17
Religious beliefs and practices during the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods 19
The contribution of the Archaic Period 40
2 The Old Kingdom 41
Organisation of the society 42
Religious organisation 44
Cosmogonies 45
The cult of Re' 48
The Wisdom Literature 50
The funerary beliefs and customs of the Old Kingdom 52
The Pyramid Texts 70
The tombs of the nobility 74
Tomb art - the underlying principles 79
The decline of the Old Kingdom 87
3 The First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom 91
Collapse of the society 91
Restoration of political order 93
The Middle Kingdom 94
Religious developments in Dynasties 11 and 12 97
Royal funerary monuments of Dynasties 11 and l2 98
The royal jewellery of the Middle Kingdom 100
A pyramid workmen's village 104
Osiris and the democratisation of funerary beliefs 105
The tombs of the nobles during the First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom 112
Tomb equipment and furniture 113
4 The New Kingdom 119
The period of Hyksos rule 119
The role of Amen-Re' (Amun) 120
The Egyptian temple 124
The priesthood 134
The role of religion in education 135
The role of religion in the law 137
The role of religion in medicine 139
Household gods and personal piety 141
The relationship between Egyptian and foreign cults and deities 143
Funerary beliefs and practices in the New Kingdom 146
The court of Amenophis III 153
History of the Aten 157
Aspects of Atenism 165
The counter-revolution 169
5 Some Contributions made by Egyptian Religion to Other Traditions 172
Part II Primary Sources For The Study Of Egyptian Religion
Appendix A1 Primary Sources: Religious Texts and Archaeological Bibliography 182
Appendix A2 Selected Passages from Egyptian Religious Literature 196
Appendix B A selective List of Major Religious sites in Egypt 207
Part III Secondary Sources For The Study Of Egyptian Religion
Appendix C Secondary sources and Additional Bibliography Dealing with Specific Aspects and Controversies 219
Appendix D A Chronological Table of Egyptian History 253
Index 255
