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Egyptian Mythology and Egyptian Christianity
Samuel Sharpe · Egyptian · 1863
9 chapters
Samuel Sharpe's 1863 study of the religious history of Egypt — from the cults of Upper and Lower Egypt through the Persian, Ptolemaic, and Roman successions, to Christianity under the Roman and Byzantine emperors. An early and influential treatise on the continuities between Egyptian religion and Coptic Christianity.
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Contents
- 1The Egyptian Mythology
- 2The Religion of Upper Egypt
- 3The Religion of Lower Egypt
- 4The Religion Under the Persian Conquerors
- 5The Religion Under the Ptolemies
- 6The Religion Under the Romans
- 7Christianity Under the Roman Emperors
- 8Christianity Under the Byzantine Emperors
- 9Author's Afterword
