Priests, Tongues, and Rites: The London-Leiden Magical Manuscripts and Translation in Egyptian Ritual (100-300 Ce)
(Part of the Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:9004464174
ISBN13:9789004464179
Release Date:September 2021
Publisher:Brill
Length:372 Pages
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