Tales from Ancient Egypt by Fisher, Loren R.

Tales from Ancient Egypt (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781498211802)

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Tales from Ancient Egypt by Fisher, Loren R.

Tales from Ancient Egypt

$31.00
Tales from Ancient Egypt by Fisher, Loren R.

Tales from Ancient Egypt

$31.00
Format: Hardcover
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The Egyptian tales witness to some of the great moments in the history of Egyptian literature and represent the earliest beginnings in world literature. Many literary critics do not seem to know the importance of Egyptian prose tales told for entertainment (including C. S. Lewis, who does not know that the ""marvelous that knows itself as myth"" was alive and well by 1800 BCE). Unlike some other ancient states, both Israel and Egypt wrote epic tales in prose. And these great prose stories are important for the study of the Hebrew Bible. Some of the most exciting narrative prose parallels to the Hebrew Bible are found in the stories from Egypt. The details may vary, but in the setting, the purpose, the vocabulary, and the genre of the stories, one can find many similarities. Contents 1 The Story of Sinuhe: A Wanderer on the Earth 2 The Enchanted Prince 3 The Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor 4 The Journey of Wen-Amon 5 A Dialogue between a Man and His Ba

Author: Loren R. Fisher
ISBN-10: 1498211801
ISBN-13: 9781498211802
Publisher: Cascade Books
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2010
Pages: 114
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.31d
By Loren R. Fisher
By Loren R. Fisher
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Loren R. Fisher was Professor Hebrew Bible at the Claremont School of Theology and Professor of Semitic Languages and Literature at the Claremont Graduate University. He has taught at the University of California at Berkeley and at the University of Montana. He is the author of Genesis, A Royal Epic and the editor of The Claremont Ras Shamra Texts.

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