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Confiscation or coexistence : Egyptian temples in the age of Augustus /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Connor, Andrew (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2022.
Series:New texts from ancient cultures.
Subjects:
Egypt > Religion > 332 B.C.-640 A.D.
Temples > Egypt > History.
Egypt > History > 30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Egypt > History > Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Part I: Contexts
  • Chapter 2. Bastards and the Temple: Legitimacy and Rhetoric in Priestly Petitions
  • Chapter 3. Crocodile Tears: A Rhetoric of Loss and of Chaos
  • Chapter 4. "No One Can Claim the Priestly Land": Land, Disputes, and a New Interpretation
  • Part II: Barking Anubis
  • Chapter 5. Motivations and Confiscations: Religious Control in Context
  • Chapter 6. Unforeseen Consequences: Confiscation in Practice
  • Chapter 7. "Tear the Monument of Such a Monster to Pieces": Creating a Modern Confiscation
  • Appendix: P.Tebt. 2.302: Text(s) and Translation
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Sources
  • General Index