Traveling through eternity. Tributes to Jean Yoyotte.
Brepols| N° d'inventaire | 16160 |
| Format | 15.5 x 23.5 |
| Détails | 900 p., 2 paperback volumes. |
| Publication | Turnhout, 2012 |
| Etat | Nine |
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PUBLICATION EXPECTED FOR THE BEGINNING OF JULY 2012. Jean Yoyotte (1927-2009), Director of Studies at the EPHE, Religious Sciences Section, Professor at the Collège de France, Director of the Tanis Excavation Mission for twenty years, was an immense scholar whose multiple and inexhaustible curiosities meant that there are hardly any themes or periods in the history, geography, and religious thought of ancient Egypt that he did not address at one point or another in his career. He did, however, have favorite subjects that he never abandoned and for which he was an initiator and an outstanding master. It was he who aroused the interest, which has never waned since, in the Third Intermediate Period, and more generally the first millennium BC, a period long neglected, even held in contempt, by many Egyptologists. He successfully developed "religious geography in all its aspects: regional monographs, priestly geography as seen in temple processions, particularly in the Ptolemaic period, analysis of "specific priestly titles illuminating the local cults that developed in all the cities of Egypt. He was particularly attentive to the "external relations of Egypt, thus contributing to rendering obsolete the idea of an autarkic country, indifferent to other cultures. The acribicity of his method, which put all documents, even those apparently the most insignificant, under the microscope of analysis, allowed him to question "truths poorly established on dubious premises. The extent of his erudition authorized him to make new and fruitful connections shedding light on the name of a locality, the reason for an obscure cult. To honor his memory, a great many Egyptologists have wished to make their contribution in their own fields, coming from different countries and backgrounds, of all generations, from his childhood friends to his last students, including the succession of his pupils and disciples. Thus, their research testifies to the significant influence, direct or indirect, that the thought of Jean Yoyotte had throughout the 20th century and up to the present day on all of Egyptology. Without any of them having consulted, we also see emerging through these articles touching on very diverse themes, intertwined threads that evoke the figure of the deceased Egyptologist. PUBLISHED AT THE BEGINNING OF JULY 2012.
PUBLICATION EXPECTED FOR THE BEGINNING OF JULY 2012. Jean Yoyotte (1927-2009), Director of Studies at the EPHE, Religious Sciences Section, Professor at the Collège de France, Director of the Tanis Excavation Mission for twenty years, was an immense scholar whose multiple and inexhaustible curiosities meant that there are hardly any themes or periods in the history, geography, and religious thought of ancient Egypt that he did not address at one point or another in his career. He did, however, have favorite subjects that he never abandoned and for which he was an initiator and an outstanding master. It was he who aroused the interest, which has never waned since, in the Third Intermediate Period, and more generally the first millennium BC, a period long neglected, even held in contempt, by many Egyptologists. He successfully developed "religious geography in all its aspects: regional monographs, priestly geography as seen in temple processions, particularly in the Ptolemaic period, analysis of "specific priestly titles illuminating the local cults that developed in all the cities of Egypt. He was particularly attentive to the "external relations of Egypt, thus contributing to rendering obsolete the idea of an autarkic country, indifferent to other cultures. The acribicity of his method, which put all documents, even those apparently the most insignificant, under the microscope of analysis, allowed him to question "truths poorly established on dubious premises. The extent of his erudition authorized him to make new and fruitful connections shedding light on the name of a locality, the reason for an obscure cult. To honor his memory, a great many Egyptologists have wished to make their contribution in their own fields, coming from different countries and backgrounds, of all generations, from his childhood friends to his last students, including the succession of his pupils and disciples. Thus, their research testifies to the significant influence, direct or indirect, that the thought of Jean Yoyotte had throughout the 20th century and up to the present day on all of Egyptology. Without any of them having consulted, we also see emerging through these articles touching on very diverse themes, intertwined threads that evoke the figure of the deceased Egyptologist. PUBLISHED AT THE BEGINNING OF JULY 2012.