An edition of Priests, Tongues, and Rites: The London-Leiden Magical Manuscripts and Translation in Egyptian Ritual, 100-300 CE (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World) (2004)

Priests, tongues, and rites

the London-Leiden magical manuscripts and translation in Egyptian ritual (100-300 CE)

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An edition of Priests, Tongues, and Rites: The London-Leiden Magical Manuscripts and Translation in Egyptian Ritual, 100-300 CE (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World) (2004)

Priests, tongues, and rites

the London-Leiden magical manuscripts and translation in Egyptian ritual (100-300 CE)

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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.

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Brill
Language
English
Pages
342

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Magic Bilingualism Demotic Papyri Rites and ceremonies Egyptian language Civilization Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) History Magie Toverspreuken Griekse handschriften Rites et cérémonies Papyrus démotiques Civilisation Egyptische handschriften Bilinguisme Histoire Égyptien (Langue) Papyrus grecs Demotisch Magic, egyptian Egyptian language, papyri Manuscripts (papyri) Egypt, civilization

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Egypt

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To 1500 332 B.C.-638 A.D.
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Priests, Tongues, and Rites: The London-Leiden Magical Manuscripts and Translation in Egyptian Ritual
2021, BRILL
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Priests, Tongues, and Rites: The London-Leiden Magical Manuscripts and Translation in Egyptian Ritual
2005, Ebsco Publishing
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Priests, Tongues, and Rites: The London-Leiden Magical Manuscripts and Translation in Egyptian Ritual, 100-300 CE (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World)
March 30, 2005, Brill Academic Publishers
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Cover of: Priests, tongues, and rites
Priests, tongues, and rites: the London-Leiden magical manuscripts and translation in Egyptian ritual (100-300 CE)
2004, Brill
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Edition Notes

Slightly revised version of author's thesis (doctoral--Leiden University, 2003).

Reproduction of sections of the papyri on two p. in pocket.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-329) and indexes.

Commentary and translation in English, with Demotic and Greek passages in facsimile, transliteration, and illustration.

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Leiden, Boston
Series
Religions in the Graeco-Roman world -- v. 153
Genre
Papyri, Demotic

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
133.4/3/0932
Library of Congress
DT61 .D54 2005, DT61.D54 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 342 p., [10] p. of plates :
Number of pages
342

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL22624659M
ISBN 10
9004141855
LCCN
2004058147
OCLC/WorldCat
56318799
LibraryThing
4642823
Goodreads
2697893

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OL9091049W

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