Priests, tongues, and rites : the London-Leiden magical manuscripts and translation in Egyptian ritual (100-300 CE) /
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 assortme...
المؤلف الرئيسي:
التنسيق: كتاب الكتروني
اللغة:
English
Undetermined
منشور في:
Leiten ; Boston :
Brill,
2005.
سلاسل:
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World
153.
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Online, ISBN: 9789004299672.
الموضوعات:
الوصول للمادة أونلاين: Login to view Source
الوسوم: إضافة وسم
رقم الطلب: DT61 .D54 2005eb
| الملخص: | 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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| وصف المادة: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Leiden University, 2003). |
| وصف مادي: | 1 online resource (xiv, 342 pages) : illustrations. |
| بيبلوغرافيا: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-328) and indexes. |
| ردمك: | 9789047406747 |
| تدمد: | 0927-7633 ; |
| وصول: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |