Ari Z Bryen

Violence in Roman Egypt

A Study in Legal Interpretation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ari Z. Bryen teaches history at West Virginia University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Renewed Spirit Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 163mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780812245080
• ISBN-10: 0812245083
• Artikelnr.: 36935272

Autorenporträt

Ari Z. Bryen teaches history at West Virginia University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life
PART I. THE TEXTURE OF THE PROBLEM
Chapter 1. Ptolemaios Complains
Chapter 2. Violent Egypt
Chapter 3. Violence, Modern and Ancient
PART II. FROM THE LANGUAGE OF PAIN TO THE LANGUAGE OF LAW
Chapter 4. Narrating Injury
Chapter 5. The Work of Law
Chapter 6. Fission and Fusion
Conclusion: Nomos and Its Narratives
Appendix A: The Papyrus on the Page
Appendix B: Translations of Petitions Concerning Violence
List of Papyri in Checklist Order
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments