Interpretations of Sinuhe
Inspired by Two Passages (Proceedings of a Workshop held at Leiden University, 27-29 November 2009)
Edited by H.M. Hays Edited by F. Feder Edited by L.D. Morenz
The Tale of Sinuhe is the best-known text from ancient Egypt, and equally the one about which the most has been written. And yet its depths have not been fully fathomed, in respect neither to its cultural and literary value, nor to its grammar and lexicon. The present volume originates in a conference held at Leiden University, which took as its starting point two passages from the famous story: one from the beginning of the Tale, and one from the end. The idea was that the text could be opened up through them, from the inside out. The ten essays of this volume discuss the Tale from many different viewpoints, bringing new insights to its grammar, its literary ambition, and its cultural setting.
The Tale of Sinuhe is the best-known text from ancient Egypt, and equally the one about which the most has been written. And yet its depths have not been fully fathomed, in respect neither to its cultural and literary value, nor to its grammar and lexicon. The present volume originates in a conference held at Leiden University, which took as its starting point two passages from the famous story: one from the beginning of the Tale, and one from the end. The idea was that the text could be opened up through them, from the inside out. The ten essays of this volume discuss the Tale from many different viewpoints, bringing new insights to its grammar, its literary ambition, and its cultural setting.
- Edited by H.M. Hays
- Edited by F. Feder
- Edited by L.D. Morenz
Other Titles in this Series
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Non-Textual Identity Marks in Practical Use in Ancient Egypt and Elsewhere. Proceedings of a Conference in Leiden, 19-20 December 2006
Volume 25
New Reading Book of Middle Egyptian Texts
Selected and Edited by Adriaan de Buck. With a New Introduction and Additional Texts Collected by Olaf E. Kaper
Volume 33
Decoding Signs of Identity
Egyptian Workmen's Marks in Archaeological, Historical, Comparative and Theoretical Perspective. Proceedings of a Conference in Leiden, 13-15 December 2013
Volume 32
Who’s Who around Deir el-Medina
Untersuchungen zur Organisation, Prosopographie und Entwicklung des Versorgungspersonals für die Arbeitersiedlung und das Tal der Könige
Volume 31
Qasr Ibrim, between Egypt and Africa
Studies in Cultural Exchange (NINO Symposium, Leiden, 11-12 December 2009)
Volume 26
The Workman’s Progress
Studies in the Village of Deir el-Medina and Other Documents from Western Thebes in Honour of Rob Demarée
Volume 28
Egyptian. An Introduction to the Writing and Language of the Middle Kingdom
Volume I: Grammar, Syntax and Indexes. Volume II: Sign Lists, Exercises and Reading Texts
Volume 24
The Libyan Period in Egypt
Historical and Cultural Studies into the 21st - 24th Dynasties: Proceedings of a Conference at Leiden University, 25-27 October 2007
Volume 23
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