The craft of a good scribe history, narrative and meaning in the First Tale of Setne Khaemwas
- Title
- The craft of a good scribe history, narrative and meaning in the First Tale of Setne Khaemwas / by Steve Vinson.
- Published by
- Leiden : Brill, [2018].
- Author
Items in the library and off-site
Displaying 1 item
Status | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
---|---|---|---|---|
Status Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | FormatText | AccessUse in library | Call numberJFF 18-232 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xii, 354 pages : illustrations (partly color); 30 cm
- Summary
- In 'The Craft of a Good Scribe', Steve Vinson offers a comprehensive study of the Demotic Egyptian 'First Tale of Setne Khaemwas' (Third Century BCE), the first to appear since 1900. "First Setne" is the most important extant Demotic literary text, and among the most important fictional compositions from any period of ancient Egypt. The tale, which is by turns lurid, tragic and ultimately comic, deals with Setne's theft a magic book written by the god Thoth himself, and subsequently Setne's punishment through a hallucinatory encounter with the ghostly femme fatale Tabubue. Vinson provides a new textual edition and commentary, and explores the tale's cultural background, its modern reception, and approaches to its interpretation as a work of literature.
- Series statement
- Harvard Egyptological Studies, 2352-7501 ; volume 3
- Uniform title
- Harvard Egyptological studies ; volume 3.
- Subject
- Call number
- JFF 18-232
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Author
- Vinson, Steve.
- Title
- The craft of a good scribe history, narrative and meaning in the First Tale of Setne Khaemwas / by Steve Vinson.
- Imprint
- Leiden : Brill, [2018].
- Series
- Harvard Egyptological Studies, 2352-7501 ; volume 3
- Harvard Egyptological studies ; volume 3.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other form:
- 9789004353107 (online)
- (GyWOH)har175022834
- Other standard identifier
- 9789004353091
- ISBN
- 9789004353091 (hd.bd.)
- 9004353097
- Research call number
- JFF 18-232