| The Aramaic and Egyptian Legal Traditions at Elephantine: An Egyptological Approach Contributor(s): Botta, Alejandro F. (Author), Grabbe, Lester L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0567045331 ISBN-13: 9780567045331 Publisher: T&T Clark OUR PRICE: $217.80 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2009 Annotation: 'Botta's study of the Egyptian element in the legal system reflected by the Aramaic legal documents from Elephantine is an excellent addition to the long-running study of the legal background of these Aramaic documents. His study has provided important ne |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament |
| Dewey: 340.532 |
| Series: Library of Second Temple Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.20 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |