Aramaic and Egyptian Legal Traditions at Elephantine: An Egyptological Approach
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...
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The legal documents of Elephantine have historically been approached in three different ways. Firstly, in comparison with later Aramaic traditions. Secondly, as part of a self-contained system, and more recently from an Assyriological standpoint. Alejandro F. Botta presents a fourth possible approach, through examination of the Egyptological background.
List of TablesCh. 1 Introduction: The Egyptological Approach to the Study of Aramaic Legal Formulae 1Ch. 2 The Elephantine Community and Aramaic Law 8Ch. 3 The Egyptian Formulary Tradition 72Ch. 4 Challenging the Consensus: the [actual symbol not reproducible] Clause 81Ch. 5 The 'Withdrawal' and Related Formulae in the Aramaic Legal Tradition 96Ch. 6 The Use of [actual symbol not reproducible] in the Egyptian Legal Tradition 137Ch. 7 A Comparison of the Aramaic and Egyptian Uses of Withdrawal Formulae 180Ch. 8 Reconsidering the Origins of Aramaic and Demotic Legal Formulae 199Works Cited 204Index 235
