The Debate Between a Man and His Soul
A Masterpiece of Ancient Egyptian Literature
Biographical note
James P. Allen is the Wilbour Professor of Egyptology at Brown University and a former curator of Egyptian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He has published extensively on ancient Egyptian language, religion, and history.
Readership
All those interested in ancient Egyptian literature and culture as well as the history of human psychology.
Reviews
'Resuming the above we may state that Allen’s book represents the current state of research on the text of the Debate between a Man and His Soul'. Basel, September 2012 Matthias MÜLLER
Table of contents
Contents
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Epigraphic Analysis
Chapter Three: Philological Analysis
Chapter Four: Grammatical Analysis
Chapter Five: Stylistic Analysis
Chapter Six: Textual Analysis
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Epigraphic Analysis
Chapter Three: Philological Analysis
Chapter Four: Grammatical Analysis
Chapter Five: Stylistic Analysis
Chapter Six: Textual Analysis
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