Egyptian hieroglyphs in the late antique imagination /

Egyptian hieroglyphs in the late antique imagination /

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Author / Creator:	Westerfeld, Jennifer Taylor, author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]
Description:	xi, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Egyptian language -- Writing, Hieroglyphic. Christian literature, Early -- History and criticism. Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Archaeology and religion. Archaeology and religion. Christian literature, Early. Church history -- Primitive and early church. Civilization. Egyptian language -- Writing, Hieroglyphic. Egypt -- Civilization -- 332 B.C.-638 A.D. Egypt. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11973956

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ISBN:	9780812251579 0812251571
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"--

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