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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: cult of Ra
    sub title: sun-worship in ancient Egypt
  name:
    name part: Quirke, Stephen.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    place:
      place term: New York
    publisher: Thames & Hudson
    date issued: 2001
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 184 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  abstract: "Did the ancient Egyptians believe in many gods or one god in many guises? The key lies in the special relationship between the sun god Ra and the king, in his central role as 'son of Ra'. This book draws together for the first time the recent advances in our understanding of the cult of Ra, from the 3rd millennium BC to the Roman conquest of Egypt and the rise of Christianity." "Stephen Quirke examines Egyptian sources for the character of Ra and his pivotal role in creation, exploring the ways in which he received worship and uncovering the innermost mysteries of the cult. Through select inscriptions and manuscripts the reader enters the closed world of the king as he carries out his principal function, to maintain life itself. With prayer, offerings and the power of knowledge, Pharaoh ensured the smooth passage of the sun hour by hour through the sky."--Jacket.
  table of contents: The mythology of Ra -- The sun cult and the measurement of time -- Iunu, lost city of Ra-Atum -- Solar spires : pyramids and obelisks -- The exclusive son, Akhenaten.
  note: Stephen Quirke.
  note: "With 97 illustrations."
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-177) and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: f-ua---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: (Egyptian deity)
      name part: Ra
  subject:
    geographic: Egypt
    topic: Religion
  subject:
    geographic: Egypt
    topic: Religion
  subject:
    geographic: Égypte
    topic: Religion
  subject:
    name:
      name part: (Egyptian deity)
      name part: Ra
  subject:
    topic: Religion
  subject:
    geographic: Egypt
  classification: BL2450.R2 Q57 2001
  classification: 299/.31
  identifier: 0500051070
  identifier: 9780500051078
  identifier: 2001087367
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  identifier: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy032/2001087367.html
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  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 010206
    record change date: 20240515175650.0
    record identifier: in00001650756
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng