Egypt
Bika Reed
Inner Traditions International
Rochester, Vermont
1997
ISBN 0-89281-615-5
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Berlin Papyrus 3024
Egyptologist Richard Lepsius bought the papyrus in 1843 from the Athanasi collection bringing it to Berlin. The document preserved on the papyrus is the only known copy and is missing it's beginning.
The papyrus is a philosophical tale to initiate priests into the inner temple. The content of the papyrus is suicidal in nature as a man argues with his soul. This short book is not an easy read and definitely will not be enjoyed by a child.
The book opens with the history of Berlin papyrus 3024 and of it's various experts translations. We are next on to the authors translation:
"I spoke to my soul
I replied to what it had said:
O! Now
this I cannot bear
My soul replies not
Indeed, worse than anger is this indifference."
On the facing page a full page picture in black and white in which the whole book has been printed and cleverly printed also in faded shades of grey. The 155 lines of script in Berlin 3024 pass quickly and we are on to a breakdown of the characters beginning with the rebel.
The author talks about the Egyptian book of the dead and it's terms in relation to papyrus 3024. The soul is next and finishing the section with "An Offering to the Temples".
In this interesting section the author compares the translation of Berlin 3024 by Egyptologists R.O. Faulkner next to the translation used in this book as well as dictionary meanings of the hieroglyphs. The difference is quite shocking though at some points it is a matter of replacing words that are no longer in the lexicon such as thy, thou and wilt.
In the "Commentary" section Ms. Reed breaks down papyrus 3024 into a modern interpretation though not written in stone still a very pleasant interpretation at that. The author finishes her book with a hieroglyphic transcript of the papyrus.
The content of "Rebel in the Soul" is one of the most fascinating and spiritual papyrus' to come down to us and though very complex in it's surviving condition Bika Reed has created from it a good read with lots of food for thought.
- The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus
Thanks to the Resource Shelf blog for the information that the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus is now available online at the Turning the Pages Online website, from where you can load the virtual papyrus, or you can link to it directly by clicking here (it...
- Book Of The Dead
Vassar College It's not news, but the above page has an image showing the entire Papyrus of Ani (Book of the Dead) available to view as a JPEG. There is no translation but it is a good readable copy. Thanks to Rhio Barnhart for pointing it out. Egyptology...
- If You Fancy Growing Papyrus At Home . . .
The Providence Journal (Norman Winter) Botanically speaking, the papyrus is Cyperus papyrus. If you remember your elementary history, this plant is native to Egypt and was used for making papyrus sheets for writing. Our word “paper” comes from “papyrus.”...
- The Book Of The Fayum
The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore will be presenting an exhibition on the Greco-Roman book of the Fayum and will be re-uniting major portions of the papyrus for the first time in more than a century since its division in 1859. The book deals...
- The Papyrus Of Ani
Any lived during Egypt's 19th dynasty dying probably around 1275 bc. Though Any's mummy appears to be lost to history his book of the dead is one of the finest and best preserved to have come down to modern times. Any's book of the dead would...
Egypt
Rebel in the Soul
Bika Reed
Inner Traditions International
Rochester, Vermont
1997
ISBN 0-89281-615-5
-
Berlin Papyrus 3024
Egyptologist Richard Lepsius bought the papyrus in 1843 from the Athanasi collection bringing it to Berlin. The document preserved on the papyrus is the only known copy and is missing it's beginning.
The papyrus is a philosophical tale to initiate priests into the inner temple. The content of the papyrus is suicidal in nature as a man argues with his soul. This short book is not an easy read and definitely will not be enjoyed by a child.
The book opens with the history of Berlin papyrus 3024 and of it's various experts translations. We are next on to the authors translation:
"I spoke to my soul
I replied to what it had said:
O! Now
this I cannot bear
My soul replies not
Indeed, worse than anger is this indifference."
On the facing page a full page picture in black and white in which the whole book has been printed and cleverly printed also in faded shades of grey. The 155 lines of script in Berlin 3024 pass quickly and we are on to a breakdown of the characters beginning with the rebel.
The author talks about the Egyptian book of the dead and it's terms in relation to papyrus 3024. The soul is next and finishing the section with "An Offering to the Temples".
In this interesting section the author compares the translation of Berlin 3024 by Egyptologists R.O. Faulkner next to the translation used in this book as well as dictionary meanings of the hieroglyphs. The difference is quite shocking though at some points it is a matter of replacing words that are no longer in the lexicon such as thy, thou and wilt.
In the "Commentary" section Ms. Reed breaks down papyrus 3024 into a modern interpretation though not written in stone still a very pleasant interpretation at that. The author finishes her book with a hieroglyphic transcript of the papyrus.
The content of "Rebel in the Soul" is one of the most fascinating and spiritual papyrus' to come down to us and though very complex in it's surviving condition Bika Reed has created from it a good read with lots of food for thought.
- The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus
Thanks to the Resource Shelf blog for the information that the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus is now available online at the Turning the Pages Online website, from where you can load the virtual papyrus, or you can link to it directly by clicking here (it...
- Book Of The Dead
Vassar College It's not news, but the above page has an image showing the entire Papyrus of Ani (Book of the Dead) available to view as a JPEG. There is no translation but it is a good readable copy. Thanks to Rhio Barnhart for pointing it out. Egyptology...
- If You Fancy Growing Papyrus At Home . . .
The Providence Journal (Norman Winter) Botanically speaking, the papyrus is Cyperus papyrus. If you remember your elementary history, this plant is native to Egypt and was used for making papyrus sheets for writing. Our word “paper” comes from “papyrus.”...
- The Book Of The Fayum
The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore will be presenting an exhibition on the Greco-Roman book of the Fayum and will be re-uniting major portions of the papyrus for the first time in more than a century since its division in 1859. The book deals...
- The Papyrus Of Ani
Any lived during Egypt's 19th dynasty dying probably around 1275 bc. Though Any's mummy appears to be lost to history his book of the dead is one of the finest and best preserved to have come down to modern times. Any's book of the dead would...