Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Substitute(s)
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The first part of the course will be dedicated to the analysis of the principles that structured Ancient Egyptian religion (in synchrony as well as in diachrony) and of the means still available nowadays to investigate the religious phenomenon in Ancient Egypt. The second part of the course will deal with a subject relating to the study of the diffusion of isiac cults in the greco-roman world. This year, it will present a kind of cultural biography of the new divine husband of Isis, the god Sarapis / Serapis, from his so-called creation under Ptolemy Ist Soter until the destruction of his famous sanctuary in Alexandria by Christians in 391.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
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Recommended or required readings
Jan Assmann, The Search for God in Ancient Egypt, Ithaca, New York, 2001; Philippe Derchain, La religion égyptienne, in H. Ch. Puech (ed.), Histoire des religions I, Encyclopédie de la Pléiade 29, Paris 1970, 63-140; Françoise Dunand et Christiane Zivie-Coche, Hommes et dieux en Égypte, Paris, 2006.
Assessment methods and criteria
not available
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The course is given on odd-numbered years
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
via Skype.
Assessment subjects
cf. Assessment methods
Assessment methods
See French version
Contacts
adendoncker@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Items online
Dimitri Meeks, Notion of god
Dimitri Meeks, Notion of god
Dimitri Meeks, Zoomorphism
Dimitri Meeks, Zoomorphism
Dunand - Zivie, Hommes et dieux en Égypte
Dunand - Zivie, Hommes et dieux en Égypte
Jan Assmann, The Search for God
Jan Assmann, The Search for God
Philippe Derchain, Ancient Egyptian Religion
Philippe Derchain, Ancient Egyptian Religion