[PDF] Orality And Literacy In The Demotic Tales eBook

Author : Jacqueline E. Jay
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 28,60 MB
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9004323074

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In Orality and Literacy in the Demotic Tales, Jacqueline E. Jay extrapolates from the surviving ancient Egyptian written record hints of the oral tradition that must have run alongside it. The monograph’s main focus is the intersection of orality and literacy in the extremely rich corpus of Demotic narrative literature surviving from the Greco-Roman Period. The many texts discussed include the tales of the Inaros and Setna Cycles, the Myth of the Sun’s Eye, and the Dream of Nectanebo. Jacqueline Jay examines these Demotic tales not only in conjunction with earlier Egyptian literature, but also with the worldwide tradition of orally composed and performed discourse.

Author : F. A. J. Hoogendijk
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 15,39 MB
Release : 2023
Category : History
ISBN : 9004519599

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First edition of 66 papyri and ostraca in the collection of the Leiden Papyrological Institute. They include texts from Egypt written in Demotic, Greek and Coptic and dated between the third century BCE and the eighth century CE.

Author : Sonja Ammann
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 28,91 MB
Release : 2023-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9004683186

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This book reveals how violent pasts were constructed by ancient Mediterranean societies, the ideologies they served, and the socio-political processes and institutions they facilitated. Combining case studies from Anatolia, Egypt, Greece, Israel/Judah, and Rome, it moves beyond essentialist dichotomies such as “victors” and “vanquished” to offer a new paradigm for studying representations of past violence across diverse media, from funerary texts to literary works, chronicles, monumental reliefs, and other material artefacts such as ruins. It thus paves the way for a new comparative approach to the study of collective violence in the ancient world.

Author : Ian Shaw
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 1300 pages
File Size : 47,85 MB
Release : 2020-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0199271879

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The Oxford Handbook of Egyptology offers a comprehensive survey of the entire study of ancient Egypt, from prehistory through to the end of the Roman period. Authoritative yet accessible, and covering a wide range of topics, it is an invaluable resource for scholars, students, and general readers alike.

Author : Consuelo Ruiz-Montero
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 14,68 MB
Release : 2020-02-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1527546594

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Orality was the backbone of ancient Greek culture throughout its different periods. This volume will serve to deepen the reader’s knowledge of how Greek texts circulated during the Roman Empire. The studies included here approach the subject from both a literary and a sociocultural point of view, illuminating the interconnections between literary and social practices. Topics considered include epigraphy, the rhetoric of transmitting the texts, language and speech, performance, theatre, narrative representation, material culture, and the interaction of different cultures. Since orality is a widespread phenomenon in the Greek-speaking world of the Roman Empire, this book draws the reader’s attention to under-researched texts and inscriptions.

Author : Steve Vinson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 29,93 MB
Release : 2017-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9004353100

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In 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.

Author : Alexandre Loktionov
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,86 MB
Release : 2023-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1803275863

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How did the Ancient Egyptians maintain control of their state? Topics include the controlling function of temples and theology, state borders, scribal administration, visual representation, patronage, and the Egyptian language itself, with reference to all periods of Egyptian history, from the Old Kingdom to Coptic times.

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Publisher : BRILL
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 23,72 MB
Release : 2022-09-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004520260

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Canonisation is fundamental to the sustainability of cultures. This volume is meant as a (theoretical) exploration of the process, taking Eurasian societies from roughly the first millennium BCE (Babylonian, Assyrian, Persian, Greek, Egyptian, Jewish and Roman) as case studies. It focuses on canonisation as a form of cultural formation, asking why and how canonisation works in this particular way and explaining the importance of the first millennium BCE for these question and vice versa. As a result of this focus, notions like anchoring, cultural memory, embedding and innovation play an important role throughout the book.

Author : Anne Kolb
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 18,73 MB
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 3110594064

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This volume explores the significance of literacy for everyday life in the ancient world. It focuses on the use of writing and written materials, the circumstances of their use, and different types of users. The broad geographic and chronologic frame of reference includes many kinds of written materials, from Pharaonic Egypt and ancient China through the early middle ages, yet a focus is placed on the Roman Empire.

Author : Lisa K. Sabbahy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 14,22 MB
Release : 2019-04-24
Category : History
ISBN :

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Written by specialists in the field of Egyptology, this book is a readable introduction to ancient Egypt, covering all anticipated subjects and stressing the monuments and material culture of this remarkable ancient civilization. The rich natural resources of ancient Egypt provided a wealth of raw material for its structures, sculptures, and art, while its geographic isolation helped to ensure the survival of its rich culture for centuries. While other references focus on the people and battles central to Egyptian history, this reference explores the material culture and social institutions of ancient Egypt. The book focuses on pharaonic Egypt, covering the period from roughly 5000 BCE to the beginning of the Greco-Roman Period in 320 BCE. At the front of the work, a timeline provides a quick look at the major events in Egyptian history, and an introduction surveys ancient Egypt's physical geography and history. Alphabetically arranged reference entries written by expert contributors then provide fundamental information about the buildings, jewelry, social practices, and other topics related to the material culture and institutions that made up the Egyptian world. Excerpts from primary source historical documents provide evidence for what we know about ancient Egyptian culture, and suggestions for further reading direct users to additional sources of information.