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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Page xvii
... supposed that in asserting the identity of Egyptian religion during some thousands of years I intended to deny that new gods had been introduced into the pantheon , or that new conceptions had been attached to the names of the oldest ...
... supposed that in asserting the identity of Egyptian religion during some thousands of years I intended to deny that new gods had been introduced into the pantheon , or that new conceptions had been attached to the names of the oldest ...
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... supposed to involve the wor- ship of a brute animal.1 Do you think the prejudices of men holding such opinions would have been weak- ened had they accidentally heard of " the Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of the world , " or read ...
... supposed to involve the wor- ship of a brute animal.1 Do you think the prejudices of men holding such opinions would have been weak- ened had they accidentally heard of " the Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of the world , " or read ...
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... supposed to represent an idea ; and groups which we now know to stand for the names and titles of the Roman emperors Vespasian , Titus and Domitian , are converted into long sentences of mystical rubbish . Even at the beginning of the ...
... supposed to represent an idea ; and groups which we now know to stand for the names and titles of the Roman emperors Vespasian , Titus and Domitian , are converted into long sentences of mystical rubbish . Even at the beginning of the ...
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... supposed ( and I have myself written in favour of the supposition1 ) that absolute dates might be detected on the monuments . The heliacal risings of certain stars were calculated by M. Biot as fixing the reign of one king in 1300 B.C. ...
... supposed ( and I have myself written in favour of the supposition1 ) that absolute dates might be detected on the monuments . The heliacal risings of certain stars were calculated by M. Biot as fixing the reign of one king in 1300 B.C. ...
Page 68
... supposed , a sad or morose people . Their religion at least does not appear to have been " designed to make their pleasures less . " The description of their 1 See Wilkinson , " Ancient Egyptians , " Vol . I. p . 431 ; Carl Engel ...
... supposed , a sad or morose people . Their religion at least does not appear to have been " designed to make their pleasures less . " The description of their 1 See Wilkinson , " Ancient Egyptians , " Vol . I. p . 431 ; Carl Engel ...
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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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