Egyptian hieroglyphs in the late antique imagination
- Title
- Egyptian hieroglyphs in the late antique imagination / Jennifer Taylor Westerfeld.
- Published by
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xi, 242 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination argues that, in the absence of any genuine understanding of hieroglyphic writing, late antique Christian authors were able to take this powerful symbol of Egyptian identity and manipulate it to serve their particular theological and ideological ends"--
- Subject
- Egypt
- Christian literature, Early
- Aegyptus (Roman imperial province)
- Egypt > Civilization > 332 B.C.-638 A.D
- Christian literature, Early > History and criticism
- Church history > Primitive and early church
- Egyptian language > Writing, Hieroglyphic
- Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
- 332 B.C.-638 A.D
- Archaeology and religion
- Civilization
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Call number
- JFE 20-1557
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Author
- Westerfeld, Jennifer Taylor, author.
- Title
- Egyptian hieroglyphs in the late antique imagination / Jennifer Taylor Westerfeld.
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of content
- text
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological term
- 332 B.C.-638 A.D.
- LCCN
- 2019034582
- ISBN
- 9780812251579 (hardcover)
- 0812251571
- Research call number
- JFE 20-1557