EAN: 9783447117173

THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THOTH II 2 TEILE -...

This two volume work (text and plates) is the continuation and supplement to the two volume
editio princeps from 2005 (which has been reissued as a reprint*). With all four volumes  a
comprehensive edition of all known fragments of the Book of Thoth is now available. Since the
publication of the first edition  some 89 new fragments have been identified  which are edited
in this work. Richard Jasnow and Karl-Theodor Zauzich have made considerable progress in the
reconstruction of the Book of Thoth and gained a deeper understanding of the composition. New
and alternative readings have been incorporated into this work as well as the interpretations
of other scholars. A glossary contains digital facsimiles of all the Demotic and hieratic words
in the Book of Thoth. The plate volume publishes digital hand-copies of all manuscript
witnesses and photographic images of the 89 new fragments. The author's goal is to provide a
firm basis for future research on the Book of Thoth.Structured as a dialogue between master and
disciple  the composition is associated with the House of Life  the intellectual center of the
Egyptian temple. The Book of Thoth may be understood as an initiation text in which the master
questions the disciple  who must prove himself worthy of entering the institution. The writer
engages with the theology of Egyptian scribal practice  he thus covers many topics  such as
sacred geography  the underworld  and animal knowledge.

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