Belief and Cult in Fourth-Century Papyri

by Malcolm Choat

Book cover: Belief and Cult in Fourth-Century Papyri

Extent: 231 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Ancient Egypt, Classical Studies

Series: Studia Antiqua Australiensia

Series volume number: 1

Language: English

Paperback (Out of print)

(June 2006)

ISBN: 9782503513270

Price: $50.00

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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.

  • By (author) Malcolm Choat