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Jiří Janák, Th.D.

9.2.2009

graduated in comparative religion and theology at the Hussite Faculty of Theology of the Charles University
Master's Thesis: "The Concept of ka in ancient Egyptian Religion"
Dissertation: "Chapter 105 of the Book of the Dead in the New Kingdom. The Ancient Egyptian Concept of Resurrection."

In terms of his work at the Czech Institute of Egyptology, he specialises in ancient Egyptian religion, the concept of afterlife existence and interpretation of religious and magical texts. He regularly lectures at the Hussite Faculty of Theology of the Charles University and takes part at the lecture cycles of the Czech Institute of Egyptology.

Selected Bibliography:

Monographs:

• Brána nebes – bohové a démoni starého Egypta, Praha 2005.
• Staroegyptská Kniha mrtvých – kapitola 105, Brno 2003.

Articles:

• „Pojetí 'duše' ve starém Egyptě“, in R. Chlup (ed.), Pojetí duše v náboženských tradicích světa, Praha: DharmaGaia, 2007, s. 89-116
• a Hana Navrátilová, „The People vs. pTurin < >5500”, in: C. Graves (ed.), Sex and Gender in Ancient Egypt Conference, Swansea 2008, s. 63-70
• „Migratory Spirits. A New Light on the Akh-Bird“, in: M. Cannata (ed.), Current Research in Egyptology VII Proceedings, Oxford 2007, str. 116-119
• a R. Landgráfová, Nové prameny ke staroegyptské mumifikaci: Texty z „depozitu balzamovačů“ v šachtové hrobce generála Menechibnekona, v: L. Pecha (ed.), Orientalia Antiqua Nova VIII, Plzeň 2008, str. 154-163
• a R. Landgráfová, “Wooden fragments with some chapters of the Book of the Dead belonging to Neferibreseneb Nekau”, Totenbuch-Forschungen: Gesammelte Beitraege des 2. Internationalen Totenbuch-Symposiums, Bonn 25.-29. September 2005, [SAT 11], Wiesbaden 2006, Harrassowitz, 135-144;

Complete bibliography can be found here.