Violence in the Service of Order: The Religious Framework for Sanctioned Killing in Ancient Egypt

Muhlestein, Kerry

doi:doi:10.30861/9781407308760

Violence in the Service of Order: The Religious Framework for Sanctioned Killing in Ancient Egypt

Kerry Muhlestein

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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.

Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chronology
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: The Act of Killing: An Introduction
Chapter 2: Death by Narmer and Others: The Archaic Period
Chapter 3: Slaying Under the Aegis of the God-King: The Old Kingdom
Chapter 4: Sanctioned Killing in the Time Between: The First Intermediate Period (Dynasties 7 through 11)
Chapter 5: Death by Drowning, Burning, and Flaying: The Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
Chapter 6: The Slayings of the Great Pharaohs (Dynasty 18)
Chapter 7: Instances of Intrigue: The Ramesside Era
Chapter 8: The Constancy of Killing Amidst Anarchy (Dynasties 21, 22, 25, and 26)
Chapter 9: A Time to Kill: The Appropriateness of Violence
Chapter 10: Foreigners and Isfet
Chapter 11: Violent Myth in the Ritual of Return
Chapter 12: Those Who Are About to Die, We Abhor You

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Published: 2011

Publisher: BAR Publishing

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9781407308760 (paperback)
9781407338590 (ebook)

BAR Number: S2299

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Violence in the Service of Order: The Religious Framework for Sanctioned Killing in Ancient Egypt

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