Texts from the Amarna period in Egypt / by William J. Murnane ; edited by Edmund S. Meltzer.

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Murnane, William J. [Browse]
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Language
  • English
  • Egyptian (Ancient)
Published/​Created
Atlanta, Ga. : Scholars Press, ©1995.
Description
xviii, 289 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

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    "In the middle of the fourteenth century BCE, Egypt's polytheistic religion was suddenly attacked by its most traditional upholder, the pharaoh. The short-lived revolution which followed continues to be as disturbing and enigmatic as the "heretic king" Akhenaten who set it in motion. Was Akhenaten the first monotheist, as he is widely reputed to be? Or was he an opportunist, possibly even an atheist, who cloaked a political revolution in religious terms? Modern readers will now find it easier to address such questions by using this wide-ranging collection of documents, many of them never before translated into English, in which the full sweep of one of ancient history's most fascinating periods lives anew"--Back cover.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [264]-277) and indexes.
    Contents
    • Prelude to the Amarna age
    • The reign of Amenhotep IV : Part I. Royal documents ; Part II. Private documents
    • The reign of Akhenaten : official inscriptions and miscellaneous royal records
    • The reign of Akhenaten : private monuments
    • The aftermath of Akhenaten's heresy : I. King Nefernefruaten ; II. King Smenkhkare ; III. King Tutankhamun ; IV. Reign of Ay ; V. Reign of Horehmeb ; VI. The Amarna age in later records.
    ISBN
    • 1555409652 ((cloth ; : acid-free paper))
    • 9781555409654 ((cloth ; : acid-free paper))
    • 1555409660 ((pbk. ; : acid-free paper))
    • 9781555409661 ((pbk. ; : acid-free paper))
    LCCN
    94005147
    OCLC
    29791678
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