Shafer Byron Edited (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, xii, 335 pages, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. *** Five distinguished scholars here summarize the state of current knowledge about ancient Egyptian temples and the rituals associated with their use. The first volume in English to survey the major types of Egyptian temples from the Old Kingdom to the Roman period, it offers a unique perspective on ritual and its cultural significance. The authors perceive temples as loci for the creative interplay of sacred space and sacred time. They regard as unacceptable the traditional division of the temples into the categories of 'mortuary' and 'divine,' believing that their functions and symbolic representations were, at once, too varied and too intertwined. Both informative to scholars and accessible to students, the book combines descriptions of specific temples with new insights into their development and purposes" - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Temples, priests, and rituals: an overview, by Byron E. Shafer; Royal cult complexes of the old and middle kingdoms, by Dieter Arnold; New kingdom "mortuary temples" and "mansions of millions of years", by Gerhard Haeny; The new kingdom "divine" temple: the example of Luxor, by Lanny Bell; Temples of the Ptolemaic and Roman periods: ancient traditions in new contexts, by Ragnhild Bjerre Finnestad. Size: 8vo. Collectible.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good - Very Good Plus. Reprint. 1991. xiv, 217pp. B&W illustrations. Slight foxing to fore edge. Some colour fade to spine. The book is otherwise in excellent condition with no inscriptions, and all contents are tight and clean. "How did the ancient Egyptians respond to the everyday realities of life and death, order and disorder, fortune and misfortune? In this richly illustrated book, four eminent scholars shed light on aspects of Egyptian religion over the course of three thousand years. Meeting the need for an up-to-date English-language survey, this informative and accessible book will be welcomed by Egyptologists and their students, as well as by other readers interested in learning more about the culture and religion of ancient Egypt.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. xiv, 217 pp. LCC: 9040874.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Top edge lightly foxed; 6.5 X 1.25 X 9.75 inches; 335 pages.

1997. "Middle East", Classical studies. Cornell University Press. Very good - fine boards and dust jacket. 335p.