The Oxford Handbook of the Egyptian Book of the Dead

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The Oxford Handbook of the Egyptian Book of the Dead
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
		Introduction
Part I The Textual History of the Book of the Dead
	1 The Transition from the Coffin Texts to the Book of the Dead
	2 The Book of the Dead in the Eighteenth Dynasty
	3 The Ramesside Book of the Dead and the Deir el-​Medina Tradition
	4 The Book of the Dead in the Third Intermediate Period
	5 The Book of the Dead Papyri in the Twenty-​Sixth Dynasty
	6 The Last Books of the Dead
Part II Types of Sources: The Material Aspect of the Book of the Dead
	7 Writing Book of the Dead Manuscripts: Tasks and Traditions
	8 Production and Layout of New Kingdom Book of the Dead Papyri
	9 Female Owners of Book of the Dead Papyri
	10 Book of the Dead on Tissues: Shrouds and Mummy Bandages
	11 The Book of the Dead in Tombs
	12 The Book of the Dead in Temples
Part III The Book of the Dead’s Position in Ancient Egyptian Religion
	13 The Book of the Dead as a Source for the Study of Ancient Egyptian Religion: Methodology, Problems, Prospects
	14 The Funerary Literature Related to the Book of the Dead
	15 The Book of the Dead in the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods and the Contemporary Funerary Texts
	16 The Book of the Ba
Part IV Particular Aspects of the Book of the Dead’s Contents
	17 Thematic Groups and Sequences of Spells
	18 Spell 1 of the Book of the Dead and Its Vignette
	19 The Field of Offerings or Field of Reeds
	20 The Judgment
	21 Gods and Demons in the Book of the Dead
	22 The So-​Called Chapitres supplémentaires
	23 Illustrations in Saite through Ptolemaic Books of the Dead
Part V The Book of the Dead in Modern Times
	24 The Time of the Pioneers (Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries)
	25 Just a Catchy Title? On the History of Reception of the Egyptian Book of the Dead
	26 Translating the Book of the Dead
	27 The Conservation of Book of the Dead Papyri
	28 The Art of Forgery in the Manuscript Culture in Antiquity
Index