The Aramaic and Egyptian Legal Traditions at Elephantine - An Egyptological Approach (Hardcover)

Alejandro Botta locates the Aramaic legal formulary in context of the Egyptian legal tradition and looks at the influence of foreign legal practices on other formulae which do not have their roots in Egypt.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.It was formerly the Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement.

General

Imprint:	T. & T. Clark
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Library of Second Temple Studies
Release date:	June 2009
First published:	August 2009
Authors:	Alejandro F Botta
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-567-04533-1
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Comparative law Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts
LSN:	0-567-04533-1
Barcode:	9780567045331

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