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Amen

By: Molefi Kete Asante
In: Encyclopedia of African Religion
Edited by: Molefi Kete Asante & Ama Mazama
Subject:Black Studies
Keywords:dynasties; Egypt; gods; naming; Nubia; pyramids; temples

Amen (sometimes spelled Amun) is the name of one of the principal supreme deities of ancient Egypt. Alongside Ptah, Atum, and Ra, Amen is considered one of the central deities in the history of the Nile Valley civilization. Few deities have had as long a reign in the human imagination as Amen. Indeed, reverberations of the ancient African name can be found in the Jewish, Islamic, and Christian religions as each religious group ends its prayers in the name of Amen. This entry looks at the god and then describes his influence in the New Kingdom.

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The origin of Amen is lost in antiquity. However, Amen is one of the ancient Egyptian gods because we know he appears in some of the earliest texts. ...

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  Asante, M. (2009). Amen. In M. K. Asante, & A. Mazama (Eds.), Encyclopedia of African religion (pp. 37-38). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412964623.n23
  
  Asante, Molefi Kete. "Amen." In Encyclopedia of African Religion, edited by Asante, Molefi Kete., and Ama Mazama, 37-38. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412964623.n23.
  
  Asante, M. 2009. Amen. In: Molefi K. Asante and Ama Mazama Editors, 2009. Encyclopedia of African Religion, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 37-38 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412964623.n23> [Accessed 10 May 2021].
  
  Asante, Molefi Kete. "Amen." Encyclopedia of African Religion. Edited by Molefi K. Asante and Ama Mazama. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2009, pp. 37-38. SAGE Knowledge. 10 May 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412964623.n23.
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