Priests, Tongues, and Rites: The London-Leiden Magical Manuscripts and Translation in Egyptian Ritual (100-300 Ce) - Couverture souple

Dieleman, Jacco

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9004464174 ISBN 13 : 9789004464179

Editeur : Brill, 2021

Synopsis

This book is an investigation into the sphere of production and use of two related bilingual magical handbooks found as part of a larger collection of magical and alchemical manuscripts around 1828 in the hills surrounding Luxor, Egypt. Both handbooks, dating to the Roman period, contain an assortment of recipes for magical rites in the Demotic and Greek language. The library which comprises these two handbooks is nowadays better known as the Theban Magical Library.
The book traces the social and cultural milieu of the composers, compilers and users of the extant spells through a combination of philology, sociolinguistics and cultural analysis. To anybody working on Greco-Roman Egypt, ancient magic, and bilingualism this study is of significant importance.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jacco Dieleman, Ph.D. (2003) in Egyptology, Leiden University, is Assistant Professor of Egyptology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He works on the literature and religion of ancient Egypt, with an emphasis on the later periods.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004464174
• ISBN 13: 9789004464179
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 372
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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