Socioreligious Aspects of 217 Women's Letters in Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3932503 |
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| Authors | Luigi M De Luca (0000-0002-2492-3075, Ph.D., Department of Greek and Latin, Catholic University of America Washington, DC USA), Laura Armey (Ph.D., Department of Defense Management, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA USA), Laura E Armey (0000-0001-5260-5720, Naval Postgraduate School) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 21-41 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-26 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15700666-12340270 |
| OpenAlex | W4382282149 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Egyptian women's religious expressions in papyrus letters (Bagnall and Cribiore, 2006) were divided into five categories: None, no god(s) mentioned; Pray, containing "Pray" without gods; Gods, for Greek Gods; Sarapis/local Gods/προσκυνήμα for letters containing prayers in which obeisance before a God is expressed in the Egyptian reverential manner, a προσκυνήμα; Θεός/Κύριος/Χριστός letters to the Christian God. The None category is prevalent during the early 300 BC to 100 AD period followed by an increase in, and then stable, formulaic/religious expressions. The Pray category peaked in the second and third centuries AD, and the Gods category, referring to pagan Gods, showed a steady and significant decline from the first to the fourth century AD inverse to the rise in prevalence of letters in the Θεός/Κύριος/Χριστός category. The shift to monotheism with Christianity is rendered in graphic form, and permits an appreciation of feminine popular sentiment on religion and its Gods in Egypt
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Christianity · Early Christianity · History of religions · Islam · Literature · Monotheism · Papyrus · Period (music · Theology · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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