Priests, Tongues, and Rites : the London-Leiden Magical Manuscripts and Translation in Egyptian Ritual (100-300 CE).
This study of two related Demotic-Greek magical handbooks provides new information about the interaction between native Egyptian priests and the Hellenized elite of Roman-period Egypt through a careful analysis language interference, textual layout, religious imagery and ritual techniques.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
BRILL,
2006.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; List of Figures; Chapter One. Introduction; Chapter Two. Presentation of the Sources P. Leiden I 384 and P. London-Leiden; Chapter Three. The Use of Script; Chapter Four. The Form and Function of Bilingualism; Chapter Five. Diversity in Rhetoric; Chapter Six. Of Priests and Prestige. The Need for an Authoritative Tradition; Chapter Seven. Towards a Model of Textual Transmission; Appendices; Bibliography; Index of Passages; Index of Subjects.