Private Lives and Public Censure: Adultery in Ancient Egypt and Biblical Israel

In biblical Israel, the traditional view was that adultery was a violation of the covenant between the people and their god. The fact that there is no official code of law from ancient Egypt has generally not facilitated direct comparisons of this culture with biblical Israel. Also, because the seve...

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Main Author: Galpaz-Feller, Pnina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press 2004
In: Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2004, Volume: 67, Issue: 3, Pages: 153-161
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