Synopses & Reviews
<div><span lang=EN-US>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.</span><b><span lang=EN-US> </span></b> </div><br/><p><span lang=EN-US></span></p><br/><p><span lang=EN-US>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.</span></p>>
Synopsis
'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 new comparanda and new methodology and includes several important conclusions about this legal background and the dynamic by which the legal system changed and evolved. Even more importantly, his study has changed fundamentally the assumptions which can be made about the history and background of these documents and clearly points to new directions in further study. It is a significant contribution to knowledge which will effect scholarship in several disciplines in years to come
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
<div><span lang=EN-US>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.</span><b><span lang=EN-US> </span></b> </div><br/><p><span lang=EN-US></span></p><br/><p><span lang=EN-US>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.</span></p>>
Table of Contents
List of Tables Abbreviations Introduction: The Egyptological Approach to the Study of Aramaic Legal Formulae The Elephantine Community and Aramaic Law The Egyptian Fomularly Tradition Challenging the Consensus: The ???? Clause The 'Withdrawal' and Related Formulae in the Aramaic Legal Tradition The Use of ____ in the Egyptian Legal Tradition A Comparison of the Aramaic and Egyptian Uses of Withdrawal Clauses Reconsidering the origins of Aramaic and Demotic Legal Formulae Works Cited