The problem of the taxon 'myth' as a typology of religion in ancient Egypt : phenomenology revisited
To hear the voice of the ancient Egyptians through their texts and iconography, the research method employed in the thesis demanded rigorous scrutiny of the secondary literature of religion, phenomenology and Egyptian literature, history, culture, kingship, âreligionâ and âmythsâ. Egyptian primary texts, iconography and archaeology provided crucial source material for comparison as did contemporary critiques from scholars in the fields of religion, phenomenology and Egyptology. The aim of the thesis is comprehension of Egyptian texts âas ifâ, that is, from the insiderâs perspective. Scrutiny of the literature of classical pioneers of phenomenology established that the common element of similarity which classifies religious data into universal typologies of religion, was the âessenceâ of religion. The latter, identified as the âessenceâ of Christianity, was another layer superimposed on the so-called âreligionâ of ancient Egypt. To extricate the meaning intended by the ancient Egyptian texts and iconography, a new hermeneutic of âmythâ is proposed. A Case Study draws together the salient points of the research into a new approach that applies a phenomenological method. Translations
Brown, Diana
The problem of the taxon 'myth' as a typology of religion in ancient Egypt : phenomenology revisited. To hear the voice of the ancient Egyptians through their texts and iconography, the research method employed in the thesis demanded rigorous scrutiny of the secondary literature of religion, phenomenology and Egyptian literature, history, culture, kingship, âreligionâ and âmythsâ. Egyptian primary texts, iconography and archaeology provided crucial source material for comparison as did contemporary critiques from scholars in the fields of religion, phenomenology and Egyptology. The aim of the thesis is comprehension of Egyptian texts âas ifâ, that is, from the insiderâs perspective. Scrutiny of the literature of classical pioneers of phenomenology established that the common element of similarity which classifies religious data into universal typologies of religion, was the âessenceâ of religion. The latter, identified as the âessenceâ of Christianity, was another layer superimposed on the so-called âreligionâ of ancient Egypt. To extricate the meaning intended by the ancient Egyptian texts and iconography, a new hermeneutic of âmythâ is proposed. A Case Study draws together the salient points of the research into a new approach that applies a phenomenological method. Translations
problem taxon myth typology religion_ancient egypt phenomenology revisit hear voice ancient_egyptians texts iconography method_employ demand rigorous scrutiny secondary_literature religion phenomenology egyptian literature history culture kingship religion myth egyptian primary text_iconography archaeology provide crucial source_material comparison contemporary critique scholar field religion phenomenology egyptology aim comprehension egyptian text insider perspective scrutiny literature classical pioneer phenomenology establish common element similarity classify religious data universal typology religion essence religion latter identify essence christianity another layer superimpose so_called religion_ancient egypt meaning intend ancient_egyptian text_iconography new hermeneutic myth propose case_study draw_together salient point new applies phenomenological method translations