Akhenaten and the Origins of Monotheism by James K. Hoffmeier -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title page Copyright Contents Preface Abbreviations Map of Egypt 1. When the Sun Ruled Egypt

The Sun-God At The Dawn Of Egyptian History Solar Deities In Old Kingdom Texts Architecture And Solar Religion In The Old Kingdom

The Pyramid The Obelisk

Solar Elements In Old Kingdom Iconography

The Sphinx The Sun-Disc

Sun Temples Concluding Observations

2. Far Frontiers Sky and Sun Together

The Collapse The Rise Of Thebes Amun Lord Of The Two Lands The Origins Of Amun-Re Amun-Re In The 18Th Dynasty

3. The Dawn of the Amarna Period

Amenhotep Iv The Earliest Stages Of Akhenaten’s Religion Aten Before Atenism The Early Name Of Aten Amenhotep iii’s Deification

4. The Domain of AtenThe Temples of Aten at Karnak

The Search For Aten’s Temples The Names Of The Aten Temples Revealed The Karnak Palace Rediscovering The Aten Temple Precinct The Jubilee Festival The Colossal Statues A Statue Of The Aten? Akhenaten’s Physical Presentation: A Genetic Disorder? Implications Of The Aten Theban Temples

5. Finding Aten and Founding Akhet-Aten

Atenism And Theories Of Religious Evolution Did Aten Find Akhenaten Or Did Akhenaten Find Aten? Further Thoughts On Discovery/Finding Of Deity The Death Of The Gods

6. Aten Alone

Other Aten Temples

Nubia

Dokki Gel (Kerma) Gebel Barkal

North of Thebes

Abydos Akhmim Assiut Hermopolis Magna (Ashmunein) Memphis Heliopolis

An Aten Temple in North Sinai?

7. Is Atenism Monotheism?

The Death Of The Gods The Persecution Of Amun Atenism’s Final Stage What Is Monotheism? Concluding Thoughts

8. The Hymns to AtenA Monotheistic Manifesto

The Date Of The Aten Hymns Translations Of The Aten Hymns The Theology Of The Aten Hymns Antecedents To The Hymn To Aten

Autogenesis The Epithet wʽ The Sun Appears (ḫʽi), Rises (wbn), Brightens (ḥd) and Shines (psd) The Response of Creation to the Rising Sun

Conclusions

9. The Influence of Atenism in Egypt and the Bible?

Chronological And Historical Issues The Great Hymn To Aten And Psalm 104 A Levantine Intermediary Solar Hymn? Conclusions On Psalm 104 And The Aten Hymns Monotheism In Israel Concluding Thoughts

Bibliography Name Index General Index