The Oxford Handbook of Roman Egypt
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Publisher: OUP Oxford
Date of Publication: 27 December 2019
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Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9780198854906 |
| ISBN10: | 01988549011 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 816 pages |
| Size: | 246x171 mm |
| Weight: | 2 g |
| Language: | English |
| 274 |
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Short description:
This handbook, arranged in seven thematic sections, is unique in drawing together many different strands of research on Roman Egypt, in order to suggest both the state of knowledge in the field and the possibilities for collaborative, synthetic, and interpretive research.
Long description:
Roman Egypt is a critical area of interdisciplinary research, which has steadily expanded since the 1970s and continues to grow. Egypt played a pivotal role in the Roman empire, not only in terms of political, economic, and military strategies, but also as part of an intricate cultural discourse involving themes that resonate today - east and west, old world and new, acculturation and shifting identities, patterns of language use and religious belief, and the management of agriculture and trade. Roman Egypt was a literal and figurative crossroads shaped by the movement of people, goods, and ideas, and framed by permeable boundaries of self and space.
This handbook is unique in drawing together many different strands of research on Roman Egypt, in order to suggest both the state of knowledge in the field and the possibilities for collaborative, synthetic, and interpretive research. Arranged in seven thematic sections, each of which includes essays from a variety of disciplinary vantage points and multiple sources of information, it offers new perspectives from both established and younger scholars, featuring individual essay topics, themes, and intellectual juxtapositions.
A remarkable expansion
This handbook is unique in drawing together many different strands of research on Roman Egypt, in order to suggest both the state of knowledge in the field and the possibilities for collaborative, synthetic, and interpretive research. Arranged in seven thematic sections, each of which includes essays from a variety of disciplinary vantage points and multiple sources of information, it offers new perspectives from both established and younger scholars, featuring individual essay topics, themes, and intellectual juxtapositions.
A remarkable expansion
Table of Contents:
Aegypto capta: Augustus and the Annexation of Egypt
Between Water and Sand: Agriculture and Husbandry
Manufacture, Trade, and the Economy
Government, Taxation, and Law
The Roman Army in Egypt
The Imperial Cult in Egypt
Alexandria
Settlement and Population
Archaeology in the Delta
The Archaeology of the Fayum
The Theban Region under the Roman Empire
Classical Architecture in Roman Egypt
City of the Dead: Tuna el-Gebel
The University of Michigan Excavation of Karanis (1924-1935): Images from the Kelsey Museum Photographic Archives
Status and Citizenship
Identity
The Jews in Roman Egypt: Trials and Rebellions
Families, Households, and Children in Roman Egypt
Age and Health
Religious Practice and Piety
Coping with a Difficult Life: Magic, Healing, and Sacred Knowledge in Roman Egypt
Egyptian Temples of the Roman Period
Funerary Religion in Roman Egypt: The Final Phase of an Egyptian Tradition
Oracles in Roman Egypt
Isis, Osiris, and Serapis in the Roman Period
Imported Cults in Roman Egypt,
Egyptian Cult: The Evidence from the Temple Scriptoria and Christian Hagiographies
Christianity
Language Use, Literacy, and Bilingualism
Papyri in the Archaeological Record
Latin in Egypt
Greek Language, Education, and Literary Culture
Hieratic and Demotic Literature
Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Roman Period
Coptic
Art without Artistsa A Textual Window on the Funerary Artists of Roman Egypt
Portraits in Roman Egypt
Terracottas
Pottery
Mummies and Mummification in Roman Egypt: Decline or Heydaya
Nilotica and the Image of Egypt
Travel and Pilgrimage in Roman Egypt
The Western Oases
The Eastern Desert and the Red Sea Ports
Between Egypt and Meroitic Nubia: The Southern Frontier Region
Between Water and Sand: Agriculture and Husbandry
Manufacture, Trade, and the Economy
Government, Taxation, and Law
The Roman Army in Egypt
The Imperial Cult in Egypt
Alexandria
Settlement and Population
Archaeology in the Delta
The Archaeology of the Fayum
The Theban Region under the Roman Empire
Classical Architecture in Roman Egypt
City of the Dead: Tuna el-Gebel
The University of Michigan Excavation of Karanis (1924-1935): Images from the Kelsey Museum Photographic Archives
Status and Citizenship
Identity
The Jews in Roman Egypt: Trials and Rebellions
Families, Households, and Children in Roman Egypt
Age and Health
Religious Practice and Piety
Coping with a Difficult Life: Magic, Healing, and Sacred Knowledge in Roman Egypt
Egyptian Temples of the Roman Period
Funerary Religion in Roman Egypt: The Final Phase of an Egyptian Tradition
Oracles in Roman Egypt
Isis, Osiris, and Serapis in the Roman Period
Imported Cults in Roman Egypt,
Egyptian Cult: The Evidence from the Temple Scriptoria and Christian Hagiographies
Christianity
Language Use, Literacy, and Bilingualism
Papyri in the Archaeological Record
Latin in Egypt
Greek Language, Education, and Literary Culture
Hieratic and Demotic Literature
Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Roman Period
Coptic
Art without Artistsa A Textual Window on the Funerary Artists of Roman Egypt
Portraits in Roman Egypt
Terracottas
Pottery
Mummies and Mummification in Roman Egypt: Decline or Heydaya
Nilotica and the Image of Egypt
Travel and Pilgrimage in Roman Egypt
The Western Oases
The Eastern Desert and the Red Sea Ports
Between Egypt and Meroitic Nubia: The Southern Frontier Region
