Buch, Deutsch, Band 222, 780 Seiten, Gewicht: 1760 g
Buch, Deutsch, Band 222, 780 Seiten, Gewicht: 1760 g
Reihe: Orientalia Lovaniensia Analect
ISBN: 978-90-429-2727-8
Verlag: PEETERS PUB
This PhD thesis from FU Berlin (in German; with a preface by Jan Assmann
and an English summary) provides the first complete edition of "The
Offering Ritual of the Egyptian New Kingdom", formerly known as "Ritual
for Amenhotep I". The ritual's liturgy covers the daily offering of food
to Amun-Re in Karnak and comprises 51 spells for the daily cult and 17
additional spells for certain religious festivals. Part I contains a
full synopsis of the liturgical texts in hieroglyphic transcription,
based on a new reconstruction of the two separate Papyri Cairo CGC 58030
and Turin CGT 54041, Papyrus Chester Beatty IX, the texts of respective
scene sequences in the temples of Karnak, Abydos and Medinet Habu, as
well as ca 400 other textual sources from all periods of Egypt's
religious history. Part II consists of a full translation, commentary
and critical apparatus of the Egyptian texts, together with an in-depth
analysis of the ritual, covering its theological, historical and
practical aspects, and placing it into the context of other rituals and
religious structures of Ancient Egyptian religion. In that sense, the
book does not only fill a long-due desideratum in Egyptology but also
provides new insights relevant for audiences in the fields of theology
and history of religions.
