{"product_id":"2940015756203","title":"Egyptian Ideas Of The Future","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   I. THE BELIEF IN GOD ALMIGHTY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  II. OSIRIS THE GOD OF THE RESURRECTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III. THE \"GODS\" OF THE EGYPTIANS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  IV. THE JUDGMENT OF THE DEAD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   V. THE RESURRECTION AND IMMORTALITY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  I. THE CREATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e II. ISIS SUCKLING HORUS IN THE PAPYRUS SWAMP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII. THE SOUL OF OSIRIS AND THE SOUL OF R[=A] MEETING IN TATTU. R[=A],\u003cbr\u003e     IN THE FORM OF A CAT, CUTTING OFF THE HEAD OF THE SERPENT OF\u003cbr\u003e     DARKNESS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e IV. THE JUDGMENT OF THE DEAD IN THE HALL OF MA[=A]TI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  V. THE DECEASED BEING LED INTO THE PRESENCE OF OSIRIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e VI. THE SEKHET-AARU OR \"ELYSIAN FIELDS\"--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     (1) FROM THE PAPYRUS OF NEBSENI\u003cbr\u003e     (2) FROM THE PAPYRUS OF ANI\u003cbr\u003e     (3) FROM THE PAPYRUS OF ANILAI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BELIEF IN GOD ALMIGHTY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA study of ancient Egyptian religious texts will convince the reader\u003cbr\u003ethat the Egyptians believed in One God, who was self-existent, immortal,\u003cbr\u003einvisible, eternal, omniscient, almighty, and inscrutable; the maker of\u003cbr\u003ethe heavens, earth, and underworld; the creator of the sky and the sea,\u003cbr\u003emen and women, animals and birds, fish and creeping things, trees and\u003cbr\u003eplants, and the incorporeal beings who were the messengers that\u003cbr\u003efulfilled his wish and word. It is necessary to place this definition of\u003cbr\u003ethe first part of the belief of the Egyptian at the beginning of the\u003cbr\u003efirst chapter of this brief account of the principal religious ideas\u003cbr\u003ewhich he held, for the whole of his theology and religion was based upon\u003cbr\u003eit; and it is also necessary to add that, however far back we follow his\u003cbr\u003eliterature, we never seem to approach a time when he was without this\u003cbr\u003eremarkable belief. It is true that he also developed polytheistic ideas\u003cbr\u003eand beliefs, and that he cultivated them at certain periods of his\u003cbr\u003ehistory with diligence, and to such a degree that the nations around,\u003cbr\u003eand even the stranger in his country, were misled by his actions, and\u003cbr\u003edescribed him as a polytheistic idolater. But notwithstanding all such\u003cbr\u003edepartures from observances, the keeping of which befitted those who\u003cbr\u003ebelieved in God and his unity, this sublime idea was never lost sight\u003cbr\u003eof; on the contrary, it is reproduced in the religious literature of all\u003cbr\u003eperiods. Whence came this remarkable characteristic of the Egyptian\u003cbr\u003ereligion no man can say, and there is no evidence whatsoever to guide us\u003cbr\u003ein formulating the theory that it was brought into Egypt by immigrants\u003cbr\u003efrom the East, as some have said, or that it was a natural product of\u003cbr\u003ethe indigenous peoples who formed the population of the valley of the\u003cbr\u003eNile some ten thousand years ago, according to the opinion of others.\u003cbr\u003eAll that is known is that it existed there at a period so remote that it\u003cbr\u003eis useless to attempt to measure by years the interval of time which has\u003cbr\u003eelapsed since it grew up and established itself in the minds of men, and\u003cbr\u003ethat it is exceedingly doubtful if we shall ever have any very definite\u003cbr\u003eknowledge on this interesting point.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177193586928,"sku":"2940015756203","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015756203","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}