Joachim Friedrich Quack Die Lehren des Ani Ein neuägyptischer

Joachim Friedrich Quack
Die Lehren des Ani
Ein neuägyptischer Weisheitstext in
seinem kulturellen Umfeld
This volume offers a critically edited text and
a translation based on extensive grammatical
and orthographical studies, followed by a
commentary focussing on content. The latter
is put into perspective against the
background of Ancient Egypt’s cultural
history, thus giving many insights into daily
Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis,
1. Edition 1994
338 pages
life.
The study pays special attention to the issue
of intertextuality, exploring the problem of
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citations not only in Egyptian literature, but
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also in wisdom texts from neighbouring
cultures. Among other findings, it is argued
that some passages in the biblical Book of
Proverbs probably derive from the
Instructions of Ani.
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