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Violence in the service of order : the religious framework for sanctioned killing in Ancient Egypt

Title
Violence in the service of order : the religious framework for sanctioned killing in Ancient Egypt / Kerry Muhlestein.
Author
Muhlestein, Kerry.
Publication
Oxford : Archaeopress, 2011.

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Description
x, 101 pages : illustrations; 30 cm
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.
Series Statement
BAR international series ; 2299
Uniform Title
BAR international series ; 2299.
Subject
  • Philosophy, Egyptian
  • Religion and justice > History
  • Violence > Religious aspects > Egyptian religion
  • Order > Religious aspects > Egyptian religion
  • Religion
  • Religion and justice
  • Religion
  • Tötung
  • Gewalt
  • Maat
  • Hinrichtung
  • Egypt > Religion
  • Egypt
  • Ägypten Altertum
  • Ägypten (Altertum)
  • Ägypten <Altertum>
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)?--University of California, Los Angeles, 2003.
Bibliography (note)
  • 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.
ISBN
  • 9781407308760
  • 1407308769
OCLC
  • ocn773426139
  • 773426139
  • SCSB-1623409
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library