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Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination

Book information

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9780812296402
DOI
10.9783/9780812296402
Language
french
Format
PDF
Filesize
33 MB (34080327 bytes)
Pages
256\256
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-26 20:38:45

Description

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.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.

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