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Violence in the service of order : the religious framework for sanctioned killing in Ancient Egypt
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Violence in the service of order : the religious framework for sanctioned killing in Ancient Egypt / Kerry Muhlestein.
ISBN
9781407308760 (pbk.)
1407308769 (pbk.)
Published
Oxford : Archaeopress, 2011.
Physical Description
x, 101 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
Notes
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)?--University of California, Los Angeles, 2003.
Summary
"This book is hoped to be only the beginning of explorations of the ancient Egyptian notion of upholding Order (Ma'at) through violence. Because of the scope of the topic, this study is limited to the most extreme measure of violence perpetrated in the service of Order: sanctioned killing. This study explores texts that affirm the proper occasions for such killings, and the religious framework behind these actions."--Publisher's website.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 17, 2012
Series
BAR international series ; 2299
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
The act of killing: an introduction
Death by Narmer and others: the Archaic period
Slaying under the Aegis of the God-King: the Old Kingdom
Sanctioned killing in the time between: the First Intermediate Period
Death by drowning, burning, and flaying: the Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate Period
The slayings of the great pharaohs: Dynasty 18
Instances of intrigue: the Ramesside Era
The constancy of killing amidst anarchy: Dynasties 21, 22, 25, and 26
A time to kill: the appropriateness of violence
Foreigners and Isfet
Violent myth in the ritual of return
Those who are about to die, we abhor you.
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