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This book deals with a category of documents attesting to piety from individuals in ancient Egypt which develops the topic of a god who listens to prayer. The reference corpus is made up of stelae, with depictions of one or more human ears-sometimes accompanied by the depiction of an offering-and votive ears, along with prayers on various objects where the invoked deity is referred to as the god who listens to prayer. These testimonies occur only during the New Kingdom (1539-1080 BC); after this period there is almost no further mention of a god who listens to prayer, though personal piety continues to increase until the Late Period. If the corpus of ear stelae is extended to include all items that mention the god who listens, a surprising chronological partition emerges which enables a link to be established between the abandonment of ear stelae and the development of oracular consultations by individuals. It therefore appears that the hearing documents are a key driver of change in the New Kingdom official religion, rather than being a mere consequence of it. The book contains a preface, a foreword, the main text, a bibliography, appendices, plates and indices. The documentation corpus is listed in the appendices. Ce livre s'interesse a une categorie de documents de piete laisses par des individus en Egypte ancienne qui developpent le theme du dieu qui ecoute les prieres. Le corpus de base se compose de steles avec une ou plusieurs representations d'oreilles de type humain-parfois accompagne d'une scene d'offrande-et d'oreilles votives ainsi que de prieres presentent sur differents objets, dans lesquelles la divinite est qualifiee de divinite qui ecoute les prieres.Ces temoignages sont attestes seulement au Nouvel Empire (1539-1080 a. J-C); apres cette periode, il n'y a presque plus de mentions du dieu qui ecoute les prieres alors que la piete personnelle ne cesse de se developper jusqu'aux epoques tardives.L ‘elargissement du corpus des steles a oreilles a celui des mentions du dieu qui ecoute permet d'eclaircir cette repartition chronologique surprenante et d'etablir le lien entre l'abandon des steles a oreilles et le developpement des consultations oraculaires par les prives.Ainsi il apparait que plutot qu'une consequence, les
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se revelent etre un des facteurs cles des modifications qui s'operent dans la religion d'Etat au Nouvel Empire. Ce livre contient une preface, un avant-propos, le texte principal, une bibliographie, des annexes et des index. Le corpus documentaire est donne sous forme de listing en les annexes. 5pt;font-family: Verdana ,sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana’>
