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Author:   E. A. Budge
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780415663359

ISBN 10:   0415663350
Pages:   456
Publication Date:   07 November 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface; Part I: Pagan 1. Stories of the marvellous deeds wrought by the magicians of the Old Kingdom 2. The Appeals of the wronged peasant Khunanpu 3. The story of Sanehe 4. The shipwrecked sailor and his adventures 5. The tale of the two brothers 6. How the witch-goddess Isis usurped the power of Rā the Son God 7. The price who was predestined to die a violent death 8. Un-Amen’s mission to the Lebanon 9. How the God Khonsu expelled a devil from the Princess of Bekhten 10. Setma Khāmuas and his converse with the dead 11. The story of Khāmuas and his son Sa-Asar 12. Setom Khāmuas as the saviour of Egypt Part II: Christian (Coptic) 1. How Abbaton, the Angel of Death, became the King of all mankind 2. The mysteries of St John the Divine 3. How Pisentius, Bishop of Coptos, held converse with the mummies in a tomb in Djemi or western Thebes 4. The story of Dorotheos and Theopisthe as told by Theodosius, Patriarch of Alexandria, about A.D. 536 5. The story of Ketson, the merchant, as told by Severus, Patriarch of Antioch 6. The story of the Lady Euphemia and the devil, as told by Eustathius, Bishop of Trake 7. The history of Aur, the son of the magician Abrashīt by a queen 8. The life of Onnophrios, the Anchorite, by Apa Papnoute (Paphnutius) 9. The Revelation of St Paul. St Paul’s vision of the Judgement 10. Apa Aaron and his miracles 11. The story of the finding of the Cross, as told by Cyril of Jerusalem 12. Adam describes the rebellion of Satan against God Part III: Muslim 1. The story of Muhammad the Clever One 2. The story of the Bear-of-the-Kitchen 3. The story of Fulla, the Shaykha of the Arabs 4. The story of the fisherman and his son 5. The story of the Princess Datal 6. The story of the virtous maiden and the wicked Kādī and Wazīr 7. The story of the prince who learned the trade of the silk-weaver 8. The story of the amorous prince 9. The story of the itinerant musician and his son 10. The story of the maiden and the singing nightingale 11. The story of the Princess Arab-Zandīq 12. The story of the prince and his horse; Index.

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