Priests, Tongues, and Rites :The London-Leiden Magical Manuscripts and Translation in Egyptian Ritual (100-300 CE) ( 1 )

Publication subTitle :The London-Leiden Magical Manuscripts and Translation in Egyptian Ritual (100-300 CE)

Publication series :1

Author: Dieleman   Jacco  

Publisher: Brill‎

Publication year: 2005

E-ISBN: 9789047406747

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004141858

Subject: I057 Folk Literature

Keyword: 世界文学

Language: ENG

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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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