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A Conceptual Study of the Judgment of the Dead in Ancient Egypt

Stephen Hosea Vongdip and Jock Matthew Agai

Article Number - 6776C4EE5330E  | Vol. 5(1), pp. 1-9, January 2025  | 
 Received: 6 November 2024 |  Accepted: 21 December 2024  |   Published: 3 January 2025

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Abstract

The ancient Egyptians are generally known to have been some of the ancient peoples that practiced and spread the afterlife beliefs among the Peoples of the Ancient Near East. The Egyptian views on judgment with respect to temporary or permanent punishment or the feeling of guilt during the afterlife journeys is explained in this research. Literatures that pertained to the ancient Egyptian concept of judgement have been used in the search for their beliefs. The methodologies employed in this research are conceptual and comparative. Using the ancient Egyptian views of punishment in the afterlife with specific interest to the period before Decline, the researchers argued that there is little or no evidence to proof that the Egyptians were responsible for originating a belief in the idea of permanent punishment after being judged in the afterlife. The primary purpose of the research is to elucidate the ancient Egyptian view about the concepts of temporary and eternal punishment in the afterlife.

 

Keywords: Afterlife, Death, Destiny, Heaven, Judgment, Netherworld, Punishment.

 

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Authors

Stephen Hosea Vongdip1 and Jock Matthew Agai2*

1Gindiri Theological Seminary (GTS), affiliated to University of Jos, Nigeria.

2School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

 

How to Cite this Article

Vongdip, S. H. & Agai, J. M. (2025). A Conceptual Study of the Judgment of the Dead in Ancient Egypt. Journal of Culture, History and Archaeology, 5(1), 1-9.

 

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