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.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English Undetermined |
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Leiten ; Boston :
Brill,
2005.
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| Series: | Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ;
v. 153. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=174000 |
Table of Contents:
- Preliminary material
- INTRODUCTION
- PRESENTATION OF THE SOURCES P. LEIDEN I 384 AND P. LONDON-LEIDEN
- THE USE OF SCRIPT
- THE FORM AND FUNCTION OF BILINGUALISM
- DIVERSITY IN RHETORIC
- OF PRIESTS AND PRESTIGE THE NEED FOR AN AUTHORITATIVE TRADITION
- TOWARDS A MODEL OF TEXTUAL TRANSMISSION
- APPENDICES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX OF PASSAGES
- INDEX OF SUBJECTS
- RELIGIONS IN THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD.