Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-233) and index.
Summary
A study of the interrelationships between the legal formulary traditions of the legal documents of the Jewish colony of Elephantine and the legal formulary traditions of their Egyptian counterparts.
Contents
List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: THE EGYPTOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF ARAMAIC LEGAL FORMULAE; Chapter 2 THE ELEPHANTINE COMMUNITY AND ARAMAIC LAW; Chapter 3 THE EGYPTIAN FORMULARY TRADITION; Chapter 4 CHALLENGING THE CONSENSUS: THE (omitted) CLAUSE; Chapter 5 THE 'WITHDRAWAL' AND RELATED FORMULAE IN THE ARAMAIC LEGAL TRADITION; Chapter 6 THE USE OF w(omitted)y IN THE EGYPTIAN LEGAL TRADITION; Chapter 7 A COMPARISON OF THE ARAMAIC AND EGYPTIAN USES OF WITHDRAWAL FORMULAE.
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