Belief and Cult in Fourth-Century Papyri

by Malcolm Choat

Extent: 231 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Ancient Egypt, Classical Studies

Series: Studia Antiqua Australiensia

Series volume number: 1

Language: English

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(June 2006)

ISBN: 9782503513270

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This study examines the terms and features in the Greek and Coptic documentary papyri from fourth-century CE Egypt which bear on the religious beliefs of their scribes, composers, senders, and recipients. These include onomastics, formulaic expressions, invocations of particular deities, the way the name of God is written, titles of officials, and linguistic choice. Where previous studies have often found predicative criteria and clear-cut boundaries, here a new narrative of the development of late-antique religious vocabulary and scribal practice is found in the ambiguity and the confluence of religious traditions which the papyri reveal.

Malcolm Choat lectures and researches in the Ancient History Documentary Research Centre and the Department of Ancient History, at Macquarie University, Sydney. This is the first volume in the series Studia Antiqua Australiensia, produced within the Ancient History Documentary Research Centre, Macquarie University.

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