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Pages: 256
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-25 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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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 tr
Studies in the Aramaic Legal Papyri from Elephantine
Language: en
Pages: 362
Authors: Yochanan Muffs
Categories: Reference
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-11-02 - Publisher: BRILL

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Long recognized as a brilliant cross-cultural study, Yochanan Muffs’ work analyzes the legal formulary of the Aramaic papyri from Elephantine, at the first ca
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Outside of the Bible, all of the known Near Eastern law collections were produced in the third to second millennia BCE, in cuneiform on clay tablets, and in maj
The Private Lives of Women in Persian Egypt
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The Elephantine texts have been variously studied, mainly with respect to their impact on Jewish history. But these texts have more to offer, particularly in re
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Nehemiah’s imperial mission consisted solely of establishing stability in the relations between Yehudites and neighbouring elites. The ethnic/cultic colouring