03729nam 22007454a 450 991045103830332120200520144314.01-280-86741-8978661086741790-474-0674-51-4337-0749-710.1163/9789047406747(CKB)1000000000334910(EBL)280717(OCoLC)437175312(SSID)ssj0000226946(PQKBManifestationID)11184533(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000226946(PQKBWorkID)10264078(PQKB)10799376(MiAaPQ)EBC280717(OCoLC)182530536(OCoLC)235958212(OCoLC)473093822(OCoLC)607581678(OCoLC)614961531(OCoLC)648202848(OCoLC)649980557(OCoLC)722559062(OCoLC)728035593(OCoLC)888552191(nllekb)BRILL9789047406747(PPN)203381378(Au-PeEL)EBL280717(CaPaEBR)ebr10171695(CaONFJC)MIL86741(EXLCZ)99100000000033491020040812d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPriests, tongues, and rites[electronic resource] the London-Leiden magical manuscripts and translation in Egyptian ritual (100-300 CE) /by Jacco DielemanLeiten ;Boston Brill20051 online resource (372 p.)Religions in the Graeco-Roman world,0927-7633 ;v. 153Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--Leiden University, 2003).90-04-14185-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-328) and indexes.Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION -- PRESENTATION OF THE SOURCES P. LEIDEN I 384 AND P. LONDON-LEIDEN -- THE USE OF SCRIPT -- THE FORM AND FUNCTION OF BILINGUALISM -- DIVERSITY IN RHETORIC -- OF PRIESTS AND PRESTIGE THE NEED FOR AN AUTHORITATIVE TRADITION -- TOWARDS A MODEL OF TEXTUAL TRANSMISSION -- APPENDICES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF PASSAGES -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS -- RELIGIONS IN THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD.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.Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ;v. 153.MagicEgyptRites and ceremoniesEgyptBilingualismEgyptHistoryTo 1500Egyptian languagePapyri, DemoticManuscripts, Greek (Papyri)EgyptEgyptCivilization332 B.C.-638 A.DElectronic books.MagicRites and ceremoniesBilingualismHistoryEgyptian languageManuscripts, Greek (Papyri)133.4/3/0932Dieleman Jacco866337MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451038303321Priests, tongues, and rites1933461UNINA