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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... writer of the Jewish work in question borrowed his doctrine from the Egyptians ( and this he does from the mere fact of the book being written in Alexandria ) , but that the doctrines of all other Jews , Palestinian and Babylonian as ...
... writer of the Jewish work in question borrowed his doctrine from the Egyptians ( and this he does from the mere fact of the book being written in Alexandria ) , but that the doctrines of all other Jews , Palestinian and Babylonian as ...
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... writers on the same subject How far can such evidence be relied upon Modern attempts at investigation Decipherment of hieroglyphic writing Dr. Young Champollion • His successors Recovery of the ancient language Publication of Egyptian ...
... writers on the same subject How far can such evidence be relied upon Modern attempts at investigation Decipherment of hieroglyphic writing Dr. Young Champollion • His successors Recovery of the ancient language Publication of Egyptian ...
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... Writers on the same Subject . The language of Origen is very similar to that of Clement . That Christian and Jewish controversialists should have felt the utmost disdain for the Egyptian 1 Paedagog . iii . c . 2 . worship is natural ...
... Writers on the same Subject . The language of Origen is very similar to that of Clement . That Christian and Jewish controversialists should have felt the utmost disdain for the Egyptian 1 Paedagog . iii . c . 2 . worship is natural ...
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... writers of Greece had already made themselves merry upon the subject . Antiphanes , one of the most fertile and ... writer , tells the Egyptians : " I never could be your ally , for neither our customs nor our laws agree . They differ ...
... writers of Greece had already made themselves merry upon the subject . Antiphanes , one of the most fertile and ... writer , tells the Egyptians : " I never could be your ally , for neither our customs nor our laws agree . They differ ...
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... writers should at the present day speak of the Egyptian religion as one of the lowest and grossest forms of nature - worship , as consisting in what is com- monly called African fetishism , or at least as being based upon it . How far ...
... writers should at the present day speak of the Egyptian religion as one of the lowest and grossest forms of nature - worship , as consisting in what is com- monly called African fetishism , or at least as being based upon it . How far ...
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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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