eprintid: 32694
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datestamp: 2023-01-16 08:12:31
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type: article
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creators_name: Quack, Joachim Friedrich
title: Priestly Scholars in Late Egypt: The Theoretical Side
subjects: ddc-290
subjects: ddc-930
divisions: i-71720
keywords: Egypt, Late Period, Priests, Book of the Temple, Ritual for Entering the Chamber of Darkness, Clement of Alexandria, Chairemon
note: Dieser Beitrag ist aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich. *** This publication is freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
abstract: This study focuses on literary and sub-literary texts which present Egyptian scholars. I first look at outsider’s views (like the church-father Clement of Alexandria), borderline views (like the Egyptian priest Chairemon), and insider’s views. For the latter examination, two compositions are studied in more detail. The first is the Book of the Temple, which is a manual of the ideal Egyptian temple, including sections about the duties of several of its intellectual specialists. The second is the Ritual for Entering the Chamber of Darkness, which is a difficult text about the initiation to arcane religious knowledge and the mysteries of writing.
date: 2021
publisher: de Gruyter
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00032694
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1515/janeh-2020-0014
ppn_swb: 1832210170
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-326946
language: ger
bibsort: QUACKJOACHPRIESTLYSC2021
full_text_status: public
publication: Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History
volume: 8
number: 1-2
place_of_pub: Berlin ; Munich ; Boston
pagerange: 73-90
issn: 2328-9554 (Druck-Ausg.); 2328-9562 (Online-Ausg.)
edition: Zweitveröffentlichung
citation:   Quack, Joachim Friedrich  (2021) Priestly Scholars in Late Egypt: The Theoretical Side.  Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History, 8 (1-2).  pp. 73-90.  ISSN 2328-9554 (Druck-Ausg.); 2328-9562 (Online-Ausg.)     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/32694/1/10.1515_janeh-2020-0014.pdf