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Texts from the Amarna period in Egypt / by William J. Murnane ; edited by Edmund S. Meltzer.
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Murnane, William J.
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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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DT87.4 .M87 1995
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Egypt
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History
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Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C.
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Tell el-Amarna (Egypt)
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Egypt
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Religion
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Meltzer, Edmund S.
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Series
Writings from the ancient world ; no. 5.
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Writings from the ancient world. Society of Biblical Literature ; v. 5
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Summary note
"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.
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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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Texts from the Amarna period in Egypt [electronic resource] / [translated] by William J. Murnane ; edited by Edmund S. Meltzer.
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