Priests, Tongues, and Rites: The London-Leiden Magical Manuscripts and Translation in Egyptian Ritual (100-300 Ce) - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jacco DielemanSeries:Religions in the Graeco-Roman WorldPublish date:5/1/2005Pages:358
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004141858ISBN-10:9004141855UPC:9789004141858Book Category:Mind, Body, Spirit, ArchitectureBook Subcategory:Magick Studies, Interior DesignSize:9.74 x 6.40 x 1.13 inchesWeight:0.804Product ID:SCK93GF4JB
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.
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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:BrillISBN-13:9789004141858ISBN-10:9004141855UPC:9789004141858Book Category:Mind, Body, Spirit, ArchitectureBook Subcategory:Magick Studies, Interior DesignSize:9.74 x 6.40 x 1.13 inchesWeight:0.804Product ID:SCK93GF4JB
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.
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