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