LEADER 02982nam 2200481 450 001 9910796524803321 005 20230809230912.0 010 $a90-04-35310-0 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004353107 035 $a(CKB)4100000000775624 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5570463 035 $a(OCoLC)1005721846 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004353107 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000000775624 100 $a20171006d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe craft of a good scribe. History, narrative and meaning in the 'First tale of Setne Khaemwas' /$fSteve Vinson 210 1$aLeiden :$cKoninklijke Brill NV,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 354 pages) $cillustrations (some color), map, plan, facsimiles 225 1 $aHarvard Egyptological Studies ;$v3 311 $a90-04-35309-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Dedication -- Abbreviations -- History -- A Work of Unexpected Quality -- The Mask of Khaemwas -- An Unfathomable Snare of the Evil One -- An Excellently Weird and Romantic Story -- From Daffodils to Derrida -- Narrative and Meaning -- The First Tale of Setne Khaemwas -- Repetition, Mirroring and mise en abyme -- Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo -- At What is It That He Gazed? -- Ihweret, Tabubue and the ?Magic Book of Thoth? -- Plates. 330 $aIn The Craft of a Good Scribe , Steve Vinson offers a comprehensive study of the Demotic Egyptian First Tale of Setne Khaemwas (Third Century BCE), the first to appear since 1900. \'First Setne\' is the most important extant Demotic literary text, and among the most important fictional compositions from any period of ancient Egypt. The tale, which is by turns lurid, tragic and ultimately comic, deals with Setne's theft of a magic book written by the god Thoth himself, and subsequently Setne's punishment through a hallucinatory encounter with the ghostly femme fatale Tabubue. Vinson provides a new textual edition and commentary, and explores the tale's cultural background, its modern reception, and approaches to its interpretation as a work of literature. 410 0$aHarvard Egyptological Studies$v3. 606 $aEgyptian language$yDemotic, ca. 650 B.C.-450 A.D$vTexts$vHistory and criticism 606 $aEgyptian literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEgyptian literature$xTranslations into English 615 0$aEgyptian language 615 0$aEgyptian literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEgyptian literature$xTranslations into English. 676 $a893.1 700 $aVinson$b Steve$01580299 801 0$bNL-LeKB 801 1$bNL-LeKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796524803321 996 $aThe craft of a good scribe. History, narrative and meaning in the 'First tale of Setne Khaemwas$93861141 997 $aUNINA