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, School of Theology at Boston University.

'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.' -Journal of Jewish Studies

• List of Tables; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Egyptological Approach to the Study of Aramaic Legal Formulae; The Elephantine Community and Aramaic Law; The Egyptian Fomularly Tradition; Challenging the Consensus: The ???? Clause; The 'Withdrawal' and Related Formulae in the Aramaic Legal Tradition; The Use of ____ in the Egyptian Legal Tradition; A Comparison of the Aramaic and Egyptian Uses of Withdrawal Clauses; Reconsidering the origins of Aramaic and Demotic Legal Formulae; Works Cited.

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, School of Theology at Boston University.

'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.' -Journal of Jewish Studies

• List of Tables; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Egyptological Approach to the Study of Aramaic Legal Formulae; The Elephantine Community and Aramaic Law; The Egyptian Fomularly Tradition; Challenging the Consensus: The ???? Clause; The 'Withdrawal' and Related Formulae in the Aramaic Legal Tradition; The Use of ____ in the Egyptian Legal Tradition; A Comparison of the Aramaic and Egyptian Uses of Withdrawal Clauses; Reconsidering the origins of Aramaic and Demotic Legal Formulae; Works Cited.

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, School of Theology at Boston University.

'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.' -Journal of Jewish Studies

• List of Tables; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Egyptological Approach to the Study of Aramaic Legal Formulae; The Elephantine Community and Aramaic Law; The Egyptian Fomularly Tradition; Challenging the Consensus: The ???? Clause; The 'Withdrawal' and Related Formulae in the Aramaic Legal Tradition; The Use of ____ in the Egyptian Legal Tradition; A Comparison of the Aramaic and Egyptian Uses of Withdrawal Clauses; Reconsidering the origins of Aramaic and Demotic Legal Formulae; Works Cited.