Temple oaths in Ptolemaic Egypt : a study at the crossroads of law, ethics and religion

Author(s):
Massa, V.
Published
2018
Publication type
Doctoral Thesis

Abstract

Research

into the phrasing, structure, and nature from the point of view of legal

history, as well as the social and religious background of temple oaths from

the Ptolemaic period, supplemented with 21 unpublished texts written in demotic and Greek. Chapter 1. Introduction: Meaning and terminology of the oath in Ancient Egypt; Chapter 2. Juridical oaths from the Old Kingdom through the Ptolemaic period: an overview (ca. 2600-30 B.C.); Chapter 3. The format of temple oaths: a study of their clauses, components and legal contents; Chapter 4. Swearing a temple oath: the procedure; Chapter 5. Unpublished texts. A selection of demotic temple oaths in the Turin Egyptian Museum and Greek temple oaths from various collections.

DemoticTemple oathsLegal historyEgyptologyPapyrologyPtolemaicGreekLawEthicsReligion
Defense date
2018-12-06
Language
English
Supervisor(s)
Borghouts, J.F.; Kaper, O.E.
Committee member(s)
Donker van Heel, K.; Haring, B.J.J.; Hoogendijk, F.A.J.; Vandorpe, K.; Vleeming, S.P.; Worp, K.A.
Qualification
Ph.D.
Degree granting institution
Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University, Leiden
hdl
1887/67293

Funding

Sponsorship
NWO