ABSTRACT

Introducing the reader to the gods and their worshippers and to the ways in which they were related, this book focuses on the ever-present link between the human and the divine in Ancient Egypt. The book also examines the impact of Egyptian religion upon the Judaeo-Christian world.
First published in 1973.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|26 pages

The gods

chapter 3|15 pages

The worshippers

chapter 5|29 pages

Cult and piety: the conduct of men

chapter 6|27 pages

Ethics and its relationship to religion

chapter 7|22 pages

Egyptian theology

chapter 9|31 pages

Death and the dead

chapter 10|18 pages

Sacred writings

chapter 11|26 pages

Egyptian religion and the outside world