The Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts

Course Description

Course Description: Objectives of the course are: 1) reinforcement of grammar and lexicon through the real examples found in the CT, 2) ability to read and understand the most important passages from the CT both from linguistic and cultural viewpoint, 3) acquisition of knowledge about ancient Egyptian beliefs of Middle Kingdom and contemporary rituals through these sources. Methods of the course are: reinforcement of the student’s knowledge through 1) reading aloud the formulae to be studied (pronunciation, phonetics), 2) active grammatical analysis by the student of the forms contained in the passages studied basing on what has been learned in the previous course (morphology), 3) creation of a personal vocabulary based on semantic fields in the anthropologic area of religion and conceptions about hereafter (lexicon, culture). The program basically follows the structure of grammatical topics of the first course. Each lesson will focus on a particular formula containing examples of a grammatical topic studied in the first course. Since the first cycle of the first course was on writing, which here is considered achieved, the last lessons will focus on formulae containing more advanced morphosyntactic topics which have not been introduced in the first course, granting a deeper knowledge of the language for the student who will have frequented the lessons Level: The course is for beginners who already know the writing system and the fundamentals of the Egyptian grammar and lexicon, and its purpose is to establish this knowledge through examples from real ancient Egyptian texts with religious content and high significance for the Egyptian culture, which are the characteristics of the Coffin Texts (CT), one of the three major corpora of religious texts of ancient Egypt together with the Pyramid Texts (PT) and the Book of the Dead (BoD). The language of the course could be English, but, if there are people who already studied Latin and are interested in learning a new ancient language in Latin, I would be more than happy to teach in Latin. I would anyway switch to English whenever needed Textbook: Instructor will provide materials

Details

• Semester: Fall 2023
• Day: Tuesday
• Time: 8:00 PM ET
• Duration: 60 minutes per session

Tuition

$1,250 per course

Availability

5 spots remaining out of 5

Cancellation Policy

Telepaideia tuition is non-refundable. However, if you need to cancel your enrollment or withdraw from your class, you may be eligible for a 50% credit to be used toward a future Telepaideia course. In order to be eligible for this credit, you must notify info@paideiainstitute.org of your withdrawal before the second class meeting has taken place.