Through a Glass Darkly

Magic, Dreams and Prophecy in Ancient Egypt

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Through a Glass Darkly

Magic, Dreams and Prophecy in Ancient Egypt

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Magic, dreams, and prophecy played important roles in ancient Egypt, as recent scholarship has increasingly made clear. In this volume, eminent international Egyptologists come together to explore such divination across a wide period.

Table of Contents

The Social Context of Magic in the 3rd Millennium & Middle Kingdom - John Baines
The End is Near - Leonard Lesko
Corn Mummies: "Amulets of Life" - Maria Costanza Centrone
The Spitting Goddess and the Stoney Eye: Divinity and Flint in Pharaonic Egypt - Carolyn Graves-Brown
Magic, Dreams and Prophecy in Egyptian Narrative Literature - Alan B Lloyd
Nocturnal Ciphers in the Ancient Near East: Egyptian Dream Exegesis From a Comparative Perspective - Scott Noegel
In Search of the Sorcerer's Apprentice - Daniel Ogden
Sinuhe's Dream - Richard B Parkinson
A Black Cat From Right, and a Scarab on Your Head: New Sources for Ancient Egyptian Divination - Joachim Quack
The Dreams of the Twins of St. Petersburg - John Ray
'And Each Staff Transformed Into a Snake': The Serpent Wand in Egyptian Magic - Robert K Ritner
A Lost Dream Episode - Anthony J Spalinger
Introduction: Tomorrow is Yesterday - Kasia Szpakowska
Entangled or Connected: The Power of Knots and Knotting in Ancient Egypt - Willemina Wendrich

Product details

Published 31 Oct 2023
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 288
ISBN 9781914535352
Imprint Classical Press of Wales
Illustrations 36 bw illus
Dimensions 234 x 156 mm
Publisher The Classical Press of Wales

About the contributors

Volume Editor

Kasia Szpakowska

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