Claude Traunecker The Gods of Egypt review, recensie en informatie boek over de goden van het oude Egypte. Op 15 september 2025 verschijnt bij Cornell University Press de Engelse vertaling van het boek van de Franse Egyptoloog Claude Traunecker over de Goden van de Egyptenaren. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar.
Claude Traunecker The Gods of Egypt review en recensie
- “Although aiming to elucidate the confusing profusion of Egyptian gods and goddesses for a general reader, the book offers much that will be useful to more advanced students and scholars. The author is an expert on the subject and presents both historical scholarship and new interpretations.” (Denise Doxy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Religious Studies Review)
The Gods of Egypt
- Auteur: Claude Traunecker (Frankrijk)
- Soort boek: boek over de goden van het oude Egypte
- Origineel: Les dieux de l’Égypte (1992)
- Engelse vertaling: David Lorton
- Uitgever: Cornell University Press
- Verschijnt: 15 september 2025
- Omvang: 144 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / gebonden boek
- Prijs: $ 29.95 / $ 19.95
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Flaptekst van het boek van Claude Tranecker over de goden van Egypte
The Gods of Egypt, first published in France in 1992 and now in its third French edition, is a short, elegant, and highly accessible survey of ancient Egyptian religion. The clarity and brevity of Claude Traunecker’s book make it especially valuable to readers seeking an authoritative introduction to this complex topic.
The Cornell edition, the first English translation, is enhanced by 23 illustrations. Traunecker begins with an overview of the source materials and a discussion of the historiography of Egyptian religion, a subject relatively neglected by scholars. He then describes the actual and metaphysical worlds inhabited by the Egyptian deities and the role that humans played in the Egyptian universe. Focusing especially on the diversity and number of approaches used by Egyptians to explain their world, The Gods of Egypt offers a succinct and highly readable presentation of recent interpretations of Egyptian religion.
Claude Traunecker was born in 1943 in Mulhouse, France. He is one of the world’s foremost authorities on ancient Egyptian religion, is Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Strasbourg. He is the author of Coptos and coauthor of Karnak.
