Aramaic and Egyptian Legal Traditions at Elephantine

An Egyptological Approach

AvAlejandro F. Botta,Lester L. Grabbe

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

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This is a study of the interrelationships between the formulary traditions of the legal documents of the Jewish colony of Elephantine and the legal formulary traditions of their Egyptian counterparts. The legal documents of Elephantine have been approached in three different ways thus far: first, comparing them to the later Aramaic legal tradition; second, as part of a self-contained system, and more recently from the point of view of the Assyriological legal tradition. However, there is still a fourth possible approach, which has long been neglected by scholars in this field, and that is to study the Elephantine legal documents from an Egyptological perspective. In seeking the Egyptian parallels and antecedents to the Aramaic formulary, Botta hopes to balance the current scholarly perspective, based mostly upon Aramaic and Assyriological comparative studies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-06-25
Mått:156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt:300 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Library of Second Temple Studies
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780567045331

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Komparativ rätt inom Juridik
Judendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Alejandro F. Botta (Ph.D. Summa cum laude, Department of History of the Jewish People, Hebrew University of Jerusalem) is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University.

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‘This book throws down the gauntlet and challenges some long-established theories which are widely accepted and thought to be secure... There is no doubt about the erudition of the author and the impressive mastery of the legal material which he demonstrates in this book, which is well worth reading.'

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: The Egyptological Approach to the the Study of Aramaic Legal Formulae; The Elephantine Community and Aramaic Law; 3. The 'Withdrawal' and Related Formulae in the Aramaic Legal Tradition; 4. The use of WAy in the Egyptian Legal Tradition; 5. A Comparison of the Aramaic and Egyptian Uses of Withdrawal Clauses; 6. Reconsidering the origins of Aramaic and Demotic Legal Formulae.