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Ma'atIn ancient Egyptian religion, the personification of truth, justice, and the cosmic order. Ma'at was the daughter of Re, the sun god, and she stood at the head of his bark as it traveled through the sky and the underworld. She was also associated with Thoth, the god of wisdom. The judgment of the dead was believed to be determined by the weighing of the heart of the deceased on a scale she balanced. In its abstract sense, ma'at was the divine order established at creation and reaffirmed at the accession of each new king of Egypt. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Gainor, Department of Counseling, Human Development and Educational Leadership, Montclair State University; Ma'at E. Hanging on a wall in my office at the Ma'at Youth Academy is a picture of my father in his early thirties proudly holding a huge striped bass caught on the Richmond shoreline in Butler's Bay. While a consensus has formed about the background role of Ma'at in the female Wisdom figure in Proverbs and the influence of Isis aretologies on Wisdom of Solomon 7-9, this could not fully account for the usage in the Jewish contexts. |
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