Description: Kingship and the Gods: A Study of Ancient Near Eastern Religion - Egyptian Occult Kingship and the Gods: A Study of Ancient Near Eastern Religion as the Integration of Society and Nature by Henri Frankfort The book features a unique look at Ancient Theology with lots of interesting information and exhaustive research. This classic study clearly establishes a fundamental difference in viewpoint between the peoples of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. By examining the forms of kingship which evolved in the two countries, Frankfort discovered that beneath resemblances fostered by similar cultural growth and geographical location lay differences based partly upon the natural conditions under which each society developed. The river flood which annually renewed life in the Nile Valley gave Egyptians a cheerful confidence in the permanence of established things and faith in life after death. Their Mesopotamian contemporaries, however, viewed anxiously the harsh, hostile workings of nature. Frank's superb work, first published in 1948 and now supplemented with a preface by Samuel Noah Kramer, demonstrates how the Egyptian and Mesopotamian attitudes toward nature related to their concept of kingship. In both countries the people regarded the king as their mediator with the gods, but in Mesopotamia the king was only the foremost citizen, while in Egypt the ruler was a divine descendant of the gods and the earthly representative of the God Horus. Copyright 1978, newer reprint Pages: 448 pages Publisher: University of Chicago Press. The book measures approx. 9 by 6 inches. The softcover is nice with some light wear and rubbing. The spine end is good with some light wear. The boards and corners are good with some minor denting and wear. The hinges and binding are good. The pages are bright and clean with some light wear and small signs of use, some light age spotting along outside page edges, book is nice. Shipping weight is 4 pounds Inventory: 0221AE172
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Location: Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania
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Topic: Occult
Subject: Religion & Spirituality
