Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Religion of Ancient Egypt: Delivered in May and June, 1879Williams and Norgate, 1884 - 259 pages |
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... RELIGION AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT EGYPT . DELIVERED IN MAY AND JUNE , 1879 . BY P. LE PAGE RENOUF . SECOND EDITION . E PUR S MUOVE WILLIAMS AND NORGATE , 14 , HENRIETTA STREET , COVENT GARDEN , LONDON ; AND 20 , SOUTH ...
... RELIGION AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT EGYPT . DELIVERED IN MAY AND JUNE , 1879 . BY P. LE PAGE RENOUF . SECOND EDITION . E PUR S MUOVE WILLIAMS AND NORGATE , 14 , HENRIETTA STREET , COVENT GARDEN , LONDON ; AND 20 , SOUTH ...
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... religion was pure and perfect . I said , indeed , that no one was better entitled to be heard upon the subject than so ... religious . Mythology as such has nothing whatever to do with religion . It has its origin in the more or less ...
... religion was pure and perfect . I said , indeed , that no one was better entitled to be heard upon the subject than so ... religious . Mythology as such has nothing whatever to do with religion . It has its origin in the more or less ...
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... religious idea be derived , any more than pure principles of morality could be derived from myths which represent a god as being the " hus- band of his mother , " and another as striking off his mother's head , while another great god ...
... religious idea be derived , any more than pure principles of morality could be derived from myths which represent a god as being the " hus- band of his mother , " and another as striking off his mother's head , while another great god ...
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... religions or philoso- phies , " I was not speaking rashly , or without due study of the subject . I have all my life been an attentive student of the history of religious and philosophical thought . When I was a University Professor , I ...
... religions or philoso- phies , " I was not speaking rashly , or without due study of the subject . I have all my life been an attentive student of the history of religious and philosophical thought . When I was a University Professor , I ...
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... religious ideas . " As to Themis , the stamp is so unmistakeably Hellenic and Indo - European , that the onus probandi lies upon those who insist upon another origin . Themis is etymologically akin to θέσις , θέμα , θεσμός , θέμεναι ...
... religious ideas . " As to Themis , the stamp is so unmistakeably Hellenic and Indo - European , that the onus probandi lies upon those who insist upon another origin . Themis is etymologically akin to θέσις , θέμα , θεσμός , θέμεναι ...
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abode Abydos Amenhotep II Amon ancient ancient Egypt Anubis Book Brugsch called Chabas Champollion chapter Christian cloth coffin Dead deceased deity Dendera derived divine doctrine dynasty earth Egyp Egypt Egyptian language Egyptian mythology Egyptian religion Egyptian texts Egyptian word eighteenth dynasty eleventh dynasty evidence existence expressed father feast Fravashi funereal genius goddess gods Greek hath Hathor heart heaven Hebrew Heliopolis Henotheism hieroglyphic Horus hymns Indo-European inscriptions Isis king language Lectures legend living Lord Maat manuscripts Mariette Max Müller meaning monuments mother Museum myth mythology Nephthys nether world notion nutar nutra Osiris papyrus period person prayers Ptah Pyramids Rameses reign religious Renenet represented Rougé royal sacred says scholars Semitic Seti signifies soul sovereign speak sun-god symbol tablet Tefnut Tehutimes temple Thebes thine things thou art thou hast tion tombs translated verb worship written
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