Threat-Formulae in Ancient Egypt: A Study of the History, Structure and Use of Threats and Curses in Ancient Egypt

by Scott Morschauser

This study is divided into three topics: the first chapter deals with the form and structure of the threat-formula in ancient Egypt, and is primarily an analysis of the grammatical and lexical details of the stipulative and injunctive clauses of the formula. Chapter two presents a history of the threat-formula, and is particularly concerned with its use as a legal device. Chapter three discusses the possibility of whether the Egyptians had any terms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0961380551
• ISBN13: 9780961380557
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: Halgo
• Length: 268 Pages