medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: Jim Bugslag <[log in to unmask]>
>the weighing imagery itself can be traced quite precisely back to New Kingdom
Egypt, where books of the dead contained illustrations of Osiris (or Thoth?)
weighing souls.
Thoth is present, presenting the feather against which the soul is to be
weighed, but the scene takes place before Osiris, is my best recollection.
>According to Louis Reau, it was Coptic Christians who first adapted this
motif to a Christian context.
is Reau really considered to be a serious scholar by any but Francophones?
c
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