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Hymns, prayers, and songs: an anthology of ancient Egyptian lyric poetry

Foster, John L. (John Lawrence), 1930-, Hollis, Susan T.

Year: c1995.

Publisher: Scholars Press.

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Frontmatter

Series Editor's Foreword

Chronological Table

Map of Egypt

Explanation of Signs

INTRODUCTION

TRANSLATIONS

I: The Transfiguration of the King: Hymns and Prayers from The Pyramid Texts

II. Hymns and Prayers to Rê: The Sky Religion

III. Hymns and Prayers to Osiris: The Earth Religion

IV. Hymns and Prayers to Amun-Rê: The Apogee of Ancient Egyptian Religious Thought

V. Hymns and Prayers from The Book of the Dead

VI. Amarna: The Heretical Interlude of Aton

VII. Hymns and Prayers to Other Deities: The Riches of Polytheism

VIII. The Nature of the Beyond: The Prayers of Pahery

IX. Hymns, Prayers, and Praises to Pharaoh: The Divine King

X. From the Schoolboy Miscellanies: Passing on the Religious Tradition

XI. Harper's Songs: In Praise of Life

XII. Love Songs: In Praise of Love

XIII. Other Poems

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Title:

Hymns, prayers, and songs : an anthology of ancient Egyptian lyric poetry / translated by John L. Foster ; edited by Susan Tower Hollis.

Author:

Foster, John L. (John Lawrence), 1930-; Hollis, Susan T

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Hymns, prayers, and songs : an anthology of ancient Egyptian lyric poetry / translated by John L. Foster ; edited by Susan Tower Hollis.
Foster, John L. (John Lawrence), 1930-, Hollis, Susan T
Atlanta, Ga.: Scholars Press, c1995.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.07777

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• Egyptian poetry -- Translations into English

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