Cults and Sacred Texts in Late Egypt: Diffusion, Circulation, and Adaptation. IF 1270 - RAPH 46 - 2023.
IFAO| N° d'inventaire | 29337 |
| Format | 16 x 24 |
| Détails | 300 p., illustrated, paperback. |
| Publication | Cairo, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782724708585 |
Egyptian temples and their clergy, far from functioning as isolated entities, were the subject of numerous points of contact between the gods, as between men. However, although these exchanges are proven and testify to a certain universalization of the Egyptian religion at the level of the country, each local clergy was keen to transform these borrowings to adapt them to the particularities of its pantheon and its sanctuaries. In fact, it is often difficult to trace with certainty the exact origin of such or such influence, to postulate the existence of a source text ( Urtext ) or to define what is the part of "norm" and the part of adaptation in each tradition.
The objective of this work is therefore to contribute to a better understanding of these relationships and the ritual practices that underlie them, in order to highlight the modalities of operation of late Egyptian religion, at the heart of a double movement, of contradictory appearance, of standardization on the one hand and local singularization on the other.
Egyptian temples and their clergy, far from functioning as isolated entities, were the subject of numerous points of contact between the gods, as between men. However, although these exchanges are proven and testify to a certain universalization of the Egyptian religion at the level of the country, each local clergy was keen to transform these borrowings to adapt them to the particularities of its pantheon and its sanctuaries. In fact, it is often difficult to trace with certainty the exact origin of such or such influence, to postulate the existence of a source text ( Urtext ) or to define what is the part of "norm" and the part of adaptation in each tradition.
The objective of this work is therefore to contribute to a better understanding of these relationships and the ritual practices that underlie them, in order to highlight the modalities of operation of late Egyptian religion, at the heart of a double movement, of contradictory appearance, of standardization on the one hand and local singularization on the other.