The Oxford Handbook of Roman Egypt

by Christina Riggs (Editor)

Overview

Roman Egypt is a critical area of interdisciplinary research, which has steadily expanded since the 1970s and continues to grow. Egypt played a pivotal role in the Roman empire, not only in terms of political, economic, and military strategies, but also as part of an intricate cultural discourse involving themes that resonate today - east and west, old world and new, acculturation and shifting identities, patterns of language use and religious belief, and the management of agriculture and trade. Roman Egypt was a literal and figurative crossroads shaped by the movement of people, goods, and ideas, and framed by permeable boundaries of self and space. This handbook is unique in drawing together many different strands of research on Roman Egypt, in order to suggest both the state of knowledge in the field and the possibilities for collaborative, synthetic, and interpretive research. Arranged in seven thematic sections, each of which includes essays from a variety of disciplinary vantage points and multiple sources of information, it offers new perspectives from both established and younger scholars, featuring individual essay topics, themes, and intellectual juxtapositions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191626333
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	06/21/2012
Series:	Oxford Handbooks
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About the Author

Christina Riggs is a lecturer at the University of East Anglia, having previously worked in museums in Cambridge, Manchester, and Oxford, and is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Author of The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt (Oxford 2005), Riggs studied at Brown University, the University of California at Berkeley, and Harvard Univeristy, before receiving her doctorate from Oxford University.

Table of Contents

List of FiguresList of ContributorsAbbreviationsIntroduction, Christina RiggsPart 1: Land and State1. Aegypto capta: Augustus and the Annexation of Egypt, Friederike Herklotz2. Between Water and Sand: Agriculture and Husbandry, Katherine Blouin3. Manufacture, Trade, and the Economy, Matt Gibbs4. Government, Taxation, and Law, Andrea Jordens5. The Roman Army in Egypt, Rudolf Haensch6. The Imperial Cult in Egypt, Stefan PfeifferPart 2: City, Town, and Chora7. Alexandria, Marjorie S. Venit8. Settlement and Population, Laurens E. Tacoma9. Archaeology in the Delta, Penelope Wilson10. The Archaeology of the Fayum, Paola Davoli11. The Theban Region under the Roman Empire, Adam Lajtar12. Classical Architecture in Roman Egypt, Donald M. Bailey13. City of the Dead: Tuna el-Gebel, Katja Lembke14. The University of Michigan Excavation of Karanis (1924-1935): Images from the Kelsey Museum Photographic Archives, T. G. WilfongPart 3: People15. Status and Citizenship, Andrea Jordens16. Identity, Katelijn Vandorpe17. The Jews in Roman Egypt: Trials and Rebellions, Andrew Harker18. Families, Households, and Children in Roman Egypt, Myrto Malouta19. Age and Health, Walter ScheidelPart 4: Religion20. Religious Practice and Piety, David Frankfurter21. Coping with a Difficult Life: Magic, Healing, and Sacred Knowledge in Roman Egypt, Jacco Dieleman22. Egyptian Temples of the Roman Period, Martina Minas-Nerpel23. Funerary Religion in Roman Egypt: The Final Phase of an Egyptian Tradition, Martin Andreas Stadler24. Oracles in Roman Egypt, Gaelle Tallet25. Isis, Osiris, and Serapis in the Roman Period, Martin Bommas26. Imported Cults in Roman Egypt,, Gaelle Tallet and Christiane Zivie-Coche27. Egyptian Cult: The Evidence from the Temple Scriptoria and Christian Hagiographies, Martin Andreas Stadler28. Christianity, Malcolm ChoatPart 5: Texts and Language29. Language Use, Literacy, and Bilingualism, Mark Depauw30. Papyri in the Archaeological Record, Arthur Verhoogt31. Latin in Egypt, T. V. Evans32. Greek Language, Education, and Literary Culture, Amin Benaissa33. Hieratic and Demotic Literature, Friedhelm Hoffmann34. Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Roman Period, David Klotz35. Coptic, Malcolm ChoatPart 6: Images and Objects36. Art without Artistsa A Textual Window on the Funerary Artists of Roman Egypt, Maria Cannata37. Portraits in Roman Egypt, Barbara E. Borg38. Terracottas, Sandra Sandri39. Pottery, Jennifer Gates-Foster40. Mummies and Mummification in Roman Egypt: Decline or Heydaya, Beatrix Gessler-Lohr41. Nilotica and the Image of Egypt, Molly Swetnam-BurlandPart 7: Borders, Trade, and Tourism42. Travel and Pilgrimage in Roman Egypt, Ian C. Rutherford43. The Western Oases, Olaf E. Kaper44. The Eastern Desert and the Red Sea Ports, Jennifer Gates-Foster45. Between Egypt and Meroitic Nubia: The Southern Frontier Region, Laszlo Torok

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