The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife
- ISBN-10
- 0801485150
- ISBN-13
- 9780801485152
- Category
- Egypt
- Pages
- 188
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Author
- Erik Hornung
Description
This volume offers a survey about what is known about the Ancient Egyptians' vision of the afterlife and an examination of these beliefs that were written down in books that were later discovered in royal tombs. The contents of the texts range from the collection of spells in the Book of the Dead, which was intended to offer practical assistance on the journey to the afterlife, to the detailed accounts of the hereafter provided in the Books of the Netherworld. The author looks closely at these latter works, while summarizing the contents of the Book of the Dead and other widely studied examples of the genre. For each composition, he discusses the history of its ancient transmission and its decipherment in modern times, supplying bibliographic information for any text editions. He also seeks to determine whether this literature as a whole presents a monolithic conception of the afterlife. The volume features many drawings from the books themselves.
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