Kingship and the Gods: A Study of Ancient Near Eastern Religion as the Integration of Society and Nature

by Henri Frankfort

Book Overview

This classic study clearly establishes a fundamental difference in viewpoint between the peoples of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. By examining the forms of kingship which evolved in the two countries, Frankfort discovered that beneath resemblances fostered by similar cultural growth and geographical location lay differences based partly upon the natural conditions under which each society developed. The river flood which annually renewed life in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226260119
• ISBN13: 9780226260112
• Release Date: July 1978
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A GREAT WORK ON EGYPTIAN RELIGION

Although now somewhat outdated in certain aspects of interpretation, this book surely will remain as one the pillars for the study of ancient Egyptian religion, and, in fact, is one of the never-absent bibliographic references. I do not agree in toto with Frankfort's ideas about several subjects, but I must confess that it is one of the most interesting studies that I ever read about the matter. There are many thought-provoking ideas! Buy it, read it, learn from it. Both for the learned and the newcomer!