Priests, Tongues, and Rites
Subtitle: The London-Leiden Magical Manuscripts and Translation in Egyptian Ritual, 100-300 CE (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: March 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9789004141858
Subjects: Occultism & quasi-religious beliefs; Religion; Language; Egypt; To 1500; New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit; New Age / Parapsychology; Magic; Interior Design - General; Magick Studies; Civilization; Rites and ceremonies; History; 332 B.C.-638 A.D; Bilingualism
First sentence: A telling theoretical problem regarding the relationship betweel Egyp-
tian and Greek language presents itself in the introduction of treatise
XVI of the Corpus Hermeticum.