This book deals with a category of documents attesting to piety from individuals in ancient Egypt which develops the topic of a god who listens to prayer. The reference corpus is made up of stelae, with depictions of one or more human ears-sometimes accompanied by the depiction of an offering-and votive ears, along with prayers on various objects where the invoked deity is referred to as the god who listens to prayer. These testimonies occur only during the New Kingdom (1539-1080 BC); after this period there is almost no ...
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This book deals with a category of documents attesting to piety from individuals in ancient Egypt which develops the topic of a god who listens to prayer. The reference corpus is made up of stelae, with depictions of one or more human ears-sometimes accompanied by the depiction of an offering-and votive ears, along with prayers on various objects where the invoked deity is referred to as the god who listens to prayer. These testimonies occur only during the New Kingdom (1539-1080 BC); after this period there is almost no further mention of a god who listens to prayer, though personal piety continues to increase until the Late Period. If the corpus of ear stelae is extended to include all items that mention the god who listens, a surprising chronological partition emerges which enables a link to be established between the abandonment of ear stelae and the development of oracular consultations by individuals. It therefore appears that the "hearing documents" are a key driver of change in the New Kingdom official religion, rather than being a mere consequence of it. The book contains a preface, a foreword, the main text, a bibliography, appendices, plates and indices. The documentation corpus is listed in the appendices. Ce livre s'int�resse � une cat�gorie de documents de pi�t� laiss�s par des individus en Egypte ancienne qui d�veloppent le th�me du dieu qui �coute les pri�res. Le corpus de base se compose de st�les avec une ou plusieurs repr�sentations d'oreilles de type humain-parfois accompagn� d'une sc�ne d'offrande-et d'oreilles votives ainsi que de pri�res pr�sentent sur diff�rents objets, dans lesquelles la divinit� est qualifi�e de divinit� qui �coute les pri�res.Ces t�moignages sont attest�s seulement au Nouvel Empire (1539-1080 a. J-C); apr�s cette p�riode, il n'y a presque plus de mentions du dieu qui �coute les pri�res alors que la pi�t� personnelle ne cesse de se d�velopper jusqu'aux �poques tardives.L'�largissement du corpus des st�les � oreilles � celui des mentions du dieu qui �coute permet d'�claircir cette r�partition chronologique surprenante et d'�tablir le lien entre l'abandon des st�les � oreilles et le d�veloppement des consultations oraculaires par les priv�s.Ainsi il appara�t que plut�t qu'une cons�quence, les � documents de l'�coute � se r�v�lent �tre un des facteurs cl�s des modifications qui s'op�rent dans la religion d'�tat au Nouvel Empire. Ce livre contient une pr�face, un avant-propos, le texte principal, une bibliographie, des annexes et des index. Le corpus documentaire est donn� sous forme de listing en les annexes.
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