Description
Among the broad spectrum of ancient Egyptian religious literature, the Book of the Dead is the most representative of ancient Egyptian mortuary religion and of the magical and ritual practices belonging to it. Moreover, its rich corpus of texts and images provides unique information on the scribal practices, mortuary traditions, myths, and priestly rituals in ancient Egypt from the 2nd Millennium BCE to the Roman Period. The Oxford Handbook of the Egyptian Book of the Dead is the first major guide to collect and synthesize the wide-ranging body of scholarship on the Book of the Dead as well as the broader literature on ancient Egyptian religion and magic.Useful for both curious undergraduates and advanced scholars, this collection of contributions from specialists in the field will become a go-to resource for years to come on everything from the textual history of the Book of the Dead to its material origins and historical reception. Editors Rita Lucarelli and Martin Andreas Stadler have curated a singular volume that is both state of the art and comprehensive.
Table of Contents
IntroductionI The Textual History of the Book of the Dead1. From the Pyramid Texts and Coffin Texts to the Book of the DeadLouise Gestermann2. The Book of the Dead in the 18th DynastyIrmtraut Munro3. The Ramesside Book of the Dead and the Deir el-Medina traditionBarbara Lüscher4. The Book of the Dead in the Third Intermediate PeriodGiuseppina Lenzo5. The Book of the Dead in the 25th/26th DynastySvenja Gülden6. The Last Books of the DeadFlorence AlbertII Types of Sources: the Material Aspect of the Book of the Dead7. Scribes and writing traditionsUrsula Verhoeven-van Elsbergen8. Production and layout of the Book of the Dead papyriOgend Goelet9. The Female owners of the Book of the DeadSusanne Töpfer10. The Book of the Dead on tissue and mummy bandagesAnnie Gasse11. The Book of the Dead in tombsSilvia Einaudi12. The Book of the Dead in templesHolger KockelmannIII The Book of the Dead's Position in Ancient Egyptian Religion13. The Book of the Dead as a source for the study of ancient Egyptian religion: methodology, problems, prospectsMartin Andreas Stadler14. The Funerary Literature Related to the Book of the DeadFoy Scalf15. The Book of the Dead in the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods and the contemporary funerary textsAndrea Kucharek16. The Book of the BaAndrea KucharekIV Particular Aspects of the Book of the Dead's Contents17. Thematic groups and sequences of spellsFelicitas Weber18. Spell 1 of the Book of the Dead and its VignetteTarek Tawfik19. The Field of Offering/Field of ReedsMilagros Álvarez Sosa20. The Judgement over The Final JudgementJirí Janák21. The so-called "Chapitres supplémentaires"Annik Wüthrich22. VignettesMalcolm MosherV The Book of the Dead in Modern Times23. The time of the pioneersBarbara Lüscher24. Modern ReceptionAris Legowski25. Translating the Book of the DeadBurkhard Backes26. Conservation and Restoration of a Book of the Dead RollMyriam Krutzsch27. Choat, Forgeries of the Book of the DeadRita Lucarelli
