Remembering Osiris: number, gender, and the word in ancient Egyptian representational systems.

Remembering Osiris: number, gender, and the word in ancient Egyptian representational systems. TOM HARE. Remembering Osiris: number, gender, and the word inancient Egyptian representational systems representational systems,n.pl a neurolinguistic programming term for the senses (visual, auditory, olfactory, kinesthetic, and gustatory). . xxii+324 pages, 57 figures, 1map. 1999. Stanford (CA): Stanford University Stanford University,at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. Press; 0-8047-3178-0 &hardback 35 [pounds sterling] & $55; 0-8047-3179-9 paperback 11.95[pounds sterling] & $19.95. Prof. KITCHEN presents transliterations and translations ofEgyptian poetry from the predynastic period to the Roman. Commentary isprovided throughout and he concludes with a short essay on the historyof this literature and on the poetics. The book's generous formatis conducive to contented study. Dr HARE considers bodily(re-membering), linguistic and numerological nu��mer��ol��o��gy?n.The study of the occult meanings of numbers and their supposed influence on human life.[Latin numerus, number; see number + -logy. tropes and symbolism intexts and iconography from ancient papyri, palettes, tomb walls andstelae. Although written with something of the usual coyness and forcedwit of `deconstruction', his rich variety of sources and broadrange of theoretical references make it a compelling book. It addressesgeneral features of ancient Egyptian world-view -- not overlooking thedistinctiveness of Akhenaten's. Dr HARE concludes with a thoughtfulchapter on later readings -- the myth lives on.