Table of Contents
Illustrations and Tables ix
Note on Contributors xiii
Preface xxi
Acknowledgments xxv
Abbreviations xxvii
Chronological Outline xxix
Maps xxxvii
Part I Greco-Roman Egypt Explored 1
1 Unique Sources in an Unusual Setting 3Arthur Verhoogt
2 Modern Scholars at Work in a Digital and Multidisciplinary Setting 15Mark Depauw and Dorota Dzierzbicka
Part II Egypt as Part of a Globalizing World 33
3 The Last Pharaohs: The Ptolemaic Dynasty and the Hellenistic World 35Anne‐Emmanuelle Veisse
4 A Roman Province in the Eastern Mediterranean 51Tomasz Derda
5 Egypt in the Byzantine World 71Cornelia Romer
6 Life Portraits: Royals and People in a Globalizing World 89Alexander Meeus
Part III Governing a Country with a Past: Between Tradition and Innovation 101
7 The Ptolemaic Governmental Branches and the Role of Temples and Elite Groups 103Joseph G. Manning
8 The Branches of Roman and Byzantine Government and the Role of Cities, the Church, and Elite Groups 119Thomas Kruse
9 Policymakers in a Changing World 139Bernard Legras
10 Taxation and Fiscal Reforms 147Andrew Monson
11 Security and Border Policy: Army and Police 163Christelle Fischer‐Bovet and Patrick Sanger
12 Immigration, Globalization, and the Impact on Private Law: The Case of Legal Documents 179Uri Yiftach and Katelijn Vandorpe
13 Life Portraits: People and their Everyday Papers in a Bureaucratic Society 199Sofie Waebens
Part IV Developing the Economic Strength of the Nile Country 215
14 Monetization of the Countryside 217Sitta von Reden
15 Stimuli for Irrigation, Agriculture, and Quarrying 233Colin Adams
16 Economic Growth and the Exploitation of Land 251Peter van Minnen
17 Life Portraits: People at Work 269Katelijn Vandorpe
Part V Identity in a Multicultural Environment 281
18 Social Identity and Upward Mobility: Elite Groups, Lower Classes, and Slaves 283Sandra Scheuble‐Reiter and Silvia Bussi
19 Ethnic Identity: Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans 299Willy Clarysse
20 Ethnic Minority Groups 315Sylvie Honigman
21 Family and Life Cycle Transitions 327Jane Rowlandson and Sandra Lippert
22 Gender Issues: Women to the Fore 347Maren Schentuleit
23 Cultural Identity: Housing and Burial Practices 361Anna Lucille Boozer
24 A Sound Body and Mind 381Amin Benaissa and Sofie Remijsen
25 Life Portraits: People of a Multicultural Generation 395Yanne Broux
Part VI Traditional Religious Life Challenged 405
26 Cults, Creeds, and Clergy in a Multicultural Context 407Katelijn Vandorpe and Willy Clarysse
27 A Successful Ruler and Imperial Cult 429Stefan Pfeiffer
28 New Deities and New Habits 439Franziska Naether
29 Egypt’s Role in the Rise of Christianity, Monasticism, and Regional Schisms 449Malcolm Choat
30 Life Portraits: People in Worship 473Gwen Jennes
Part VII Creative Minds in Theory and Praxis 483
31 Languages, Scripts, Literature, and Bridges Between Cultures 485Sofia Torallas Tovar and Marja Vierros
32 Encounters Between Greek and Egyptian Science 501Sydney H. Aufrere and Marie‐Helene Marganne
33 New Architectural Practices and Urbanism 519Berangere Redon
34 Creativity in Visual Arts 533Martina Minas‐Nerpel
Part VIII Epilogue 551
35 The People of Greco‐Roman Egypt: Quality of Life 553Valerie Wyns and Katelijn Vandorpe
36 Egypt’s Specificity and Impact on Hellenistic History 565Brian McGing
37 Egypt’s Specificity and Impact on Roman History 573Michael A. Speidel
38 New Testament Studies 581John S. Kloppenborg
39 New Voices and New Challenges 587Rodney Ast
Digital Resources and Bibliography 595
Digital Resources 595
Bibliography 597
Index 715