Paul Ernst Jablonski
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    Paul Ernst Jablonski

    Paul Ernst Jablonski(1693–1757)

    German scholar and orientalist whose writings contributed to early modern European study of Egypt and its religion. He worked within the era's mixture of philology, comparative religion, and speculative antiquarianism. His books helped shape how Egyptian deities and rites were imagined in eighteenth-century scholarship.

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    Pantheon Ægyptiorum

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    Pavli Ernesti Iablonski ... Pantheon Aegyptorvm. sive. De diis eorvm commentarivs, cym prolegomenis de religione et theologia Aegyptiorvm

    The Dial's edition: Frankfurt, 1750

    A learned Latin treatise on Egyptian religion and its gods, with substantial 'prolegomena' on Egyptian theology—early modern comparative religion grounded in philology, antiquarianism, and classical sources.