CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. ABBREVIATIONS xi
5. OVERTURE. The Armor of Horus 1
6. ONE. Scope and Method 5
7. TWO. Religion and Temples 37
8. THREE. The Local Scope of Religious Belief 97
9. FOUR. Mutations of the Egyptian Oracle 145
10. FIVE. Priest to Magician: Evolving Modes of Religious Authority 198
11. SIX. The Scriptorium as Crucible of Religious Change 238
12. SEVEN. Idiom, Ideology, and Iconoclasm: A Prolegomenon to the Conversion of Egypt 265
13. Select Bibliography 285
14. Index 307
15. About the Author 315