Vincent Arieh Tobin
Biographic Data
| ID | 5527843 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vincent Arieh Tobin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vincent Arieh |
| FAMILY NAME | Tobin |
| SIGNATURE | TOBIN V A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Literature of Ancient Egypt. An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetry
Moral Values in Ancient Egypt . Miriam Lichtheim
The Secret of Sinuhe
In a recent article in Bibliotheca Orientalis} I suggested that the Lebensmude, the Dispute of a Man with his Ba, might best be understood as a dramatic monologue intended to be recited or even performed by an individual speaker who would thus give a personal interpretation to a text which, I believe, is basically a portrait of the developing psychological situation of an internal and spiritual struggle. This suggestion contains two significant i…
Divine Conflict in the Pyramid Texts
and was a highly complex matter, being dependent upon natural, social, political, and religious factors. To the later philosophical mind it might appear highly incongruous that the gods, symbols of the ideal society, should do battle with one another; but it is necessary to recognize that, insofar as conflict was a common feature of life in much of the ancient world, it was only natural that it should become mythologized and used either to reflec…
Isis and Demeter
The Greek historian Herodotus, in his eagerness to make highly inclusive comparisons between Egyptian and Greek religion, emphasized the fact that the Egyptian Isis could be identified with the Greek Demeter, and that the rituals of the latter, the Thesmophoria,1 had at an early stage been brought to Greece from Egypt.2 An identification between Isis and Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, was suggested by Plutarch,3 who also saw similarities be…
Mytho-Theology in Ancient Egypt
source of fertility and life which was contained within the water.27 From his observation of the unfailing return of the life of nature, the Egyptian must have very easily become aware that Osiris would also bring about the resurrection of each individual after death. Hence, Osiris finally reached his full potential as the god who could afford immortality to every man, the latter function being by far his most important aspect even though it was …
Maʿat and ΔIKH
The position occupied by the concept of macat in Egyptian thinking is, in the Greek outlook, roughly paralleled by the term 5ikt|. These two terms represent the basis of the cosmic outlook of their respective cultures, and serve as a starting point for the understanding of the Egyptian and Greek attitudes toward nature, life, the world, and the political system. In the development of thought in the ancient world, both Egypt and Greece made their …
Isis and Demeter
The Greek historian Herodotus, in his eagerness to make highly inclusive comparisons between Egyptian and Greek religion, emphasized the fact that the Egyptian Isis could be identified with the Greek Demeter, and that the rituals of the latter, the Thesmophoria,1 had at an early stage been brought to Greece from Egypt.2 An identification between Isis and Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, was suggested by Plutarch,3 who also saw similarities be…
Maʿat and ΔIKH
The position occupied by the concept of macat in Egyptian thinking is, in the Greek outlook, roughly paralleled by the term 5ikt|. These two terms represent the basis of the cosmic outlook of their respective cultures, and serve as a starting point for the understanding of the Egyptian and Greek attitudes toward nature, life, the world, and the political system. In the development of thought in the ancient world, both Egypt and Greece made their …
Maʿat and ΔIKH
The position occupied by the concept of macat in Egyptian thinking is, in the Greek outlook, roughly paralleled by the term 5ikt|. These two terms represent the basis of the cosmic outlook of their respective cultures, and serve as a starting point for the understanding of the Egyptian and Greek attitudes toward nature, life, the world, and the political system. In the development of thought in the ancient world, both Egypt and Greece made their …
Mytho-Theology in Ancient Egypt
source of fertility and life which was contained within the water.27 From his observation of the unfailing return of the life of nature, the Egyptian must have very easily become aware that Osiris would also bring about the resurrection of each individual after death. Hence, Osiris finally reached his full potential as the god who could afford immortality to every man, the latter function being by far his most important aspect even though it was …
Isis and Demeter
The Greek historian Herodotus, in his eagerness to make highly inclusive comparisons between Egyptian and Greek religion, emphasized the fact that the Egyptian Isis could be identified with the Greek Demeter, and that the rituals of the latter, the Thesmophoria,1 had at an early stage been brought to Greece from Egypt.2 An identification between Isis and Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, was suggested by Plutarch,3 who also saw similarities be…
Divine Conflict in the Pyramid Texts
and was a highly complex matter, being dependent upon natural, social, political, and religious factors. To the later philosophical mind it might appear highly incongruous that the gods, symbols of the ideal society, should do battle with one another; but it is necessary to recognize that, insofar as conflict was a common feature of life in much of the ancient world, it was only natural that it should become mythologized and used either to reflec…
The Secret of Sinuhe
In a recent article in Bibliotheca Orientalis} I suggested that the Lebensmude, the Dispute of a Man with his Ba, might best be understood as a dramatic monologue intended to be recited or even performed by an individual speaker who would thus give a personal interpretation to a text which, I believe, is basically a portrait of the developing psychological situation of an internal and spiritual struggle. This suggestion contains two significant i…
Moral Values in Ancient Egypt . Miriam Lichtheim
The Literature of Ancient Egypt. An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetry
History (7 works) · Art (5 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (4 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (4 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Ancient Near East History (2 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)