Karl-Theodor Zauzich Boeken

Conversations in the House of Life offers a new translation of a text first published as The Ancient Egyptian Book of Thoth (2005). The composition is a dialogue between a Master, perhaps the god Thoth himself, and a Disciple, named The-one-who-loves-knowledge. Originally written in Demotic, the text dates to the Graeco-Roman Period (ca. 300 B.C. to 400 A.D.). The dialogue covers everything from how to hold the writing brush and the symbolic significance of scribal utensils to a long exposition on sacred geography. The work may be an initiation text dealing with sacred knowledge. It is closely associated with the House of Life, the temple scriptorium where the priests wrote their books. The 2005 publication was aimed at specialists, but Conversations in the House of Life is intended for the general reader. The revised translation reflects recent advances in our understanding of the text. The explanatory essays, commentary, and glossary help the reader explore the fascinating universe of the Book of Thoth. As a document of Late Period Egyptian thought it is of importance to all those interested in Graeco-Roman Period intellectual history; students of the Classical Hermetica will find the Book of Thoth especially intriguing. The express goal of Conversations in the House of Life is to make this challenging Ancient Egyptian composition accessible to the widest possible audience.

An illustrated guide to the picture writing of ancient Egyptians.

Marveling over the tomb treasures of Ramses II and Tutankhamen that have toured U.S. and European museums in recent years, visitors inevitably wonder what the mysterious hieroglyphs that cover their surfaces mean. Indeed, everyone who is fascinated by ancient Egypt sooner or later wishes for a Rosetta stone to unlock the secrets of hieroglyphic writing. Hieroglyphs without Mystery provides the needed key. Written for ordinary people with no special language skills, the book quickly demonstrates that hieroglyphic writing can be read, once a few simple principles are understood. Zauzich explains the basic rules of the writing system and the grammar and then applies them to thirteen actual inscriptions taken from objects in European and Egyptian museums. By following his explanations and learning the most commonly used glyphs, readers can begin to decode hieroglyphs themselves and increase their enjoyment of both museum objects and ancient Egyptian sites. Even for the armchair traveler, learning about hieroglyphs opens a sealed door into ancient Egyptian culture. In examining these inscriptions, readers will gain a better understanding of Egyptian art, politics, and religion, as well as language.

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Die Herkunft des Alphabets ist ein uraltes Problem der Menschheit, über das spätesten seit dem klassischen Altertum nachgedacht wird. Ganze Bibliotheken sind über das Thema geschrieben worden, ohne dass die Diskussion zu einer allgemein akzeptierten, unangreifbar bewiesenen Lösung gekommen ist. Karl-Theodor Zauzich weist nach 40-jähriger Forschung nach, dass – entgegen der bisher allgemeinen Lehrmeinung – unsere Buchstaben sich in ihrer Form von ägyptischen Hieroglyphen in ihrer kursiven (hieratischen) Schreibung herleiten lassen und dass ihre Namen die ägyptischen Erklärungen dieser Hieroglyphen sind, teils in semitischer Übersetzung. Das Buch geht den Weg ›vom Bild zum Buchstaben‹ und enthüllt das Geheimnis, aus welchen ägyptischen Hieroglyphen unsere so abstrakt erscheinenden Buchstaben entstanden sind. Wir alle schreiben und lesen Zeichen, die ursprünglich ägyptische Hieroglyphen waren.