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Priests, tongues, and rites: the London-Leiden magical manuscripts and translation in Egyptian ritual (100-300 CE)

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9004141855 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN	9789004141858 (hardback : alk. paper)
Author	Dieleman, Jacco
Title	Priests, tongues, and rites : the London-Leiden magical manuscripts and translation in Egyptian ritual (100-300 CE) / by Jacco Dieleman
Publisher	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005
Physical desc.	xiv, 342, [3] p., [8] p. of plates ; ill. ; 25 cm.
Series	Religions in the Graeco-Roman world 153
Note	Originally presented as the author’s thesis (doctoral - Leiden University, 2003).
	Loose-leaf plate in back pocket
	Donated by the publisher
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-329) and indexes.
Summary Note	"This book is a study of the social and cultural contexts of two magical handbooks, written partly in Egyptian and in Greek, that once belonged to a larger collection of occult texts, nowadays generally known as the 'Theban Magical Library'" -- preface.
Subject	Magic, Egyptian
	Rites and ceremonies -- Egypt
	Bilingualism Egypt -- History -- 30 B.C.-640 A.D
	Egyptian language -- Papyri, Demotic
	Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) -- Egypt
	Egypt Civilization -- 332 B.C.-638 A.D.

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