Which Seth? Untangling some close homonyms from ancient Egypt and the Near East

This paper aims to disambiguate the proper name “Seth” and its cognates or homonyms – perfect or imper fect – in texts from ancient Egypt, the Near East and the Mediterranean. It considers: (1) the Suteans, West Semitic Amorite/Aramean nomads who feature negatively in Mesopotamian records; (2) S(h)...

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Autor principal:	Lloyd D. Graham
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Publicado:	Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta 2021
Materias:	seth son of nut son of adam suteans/sutians pseudepigrapha sethian gnosticism greek/ demotic magical papyri Archaeology CC1-960
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b345c19376e2424cb43cf9d9d644d5032021-11-18T14:16:25ZWhich Seth? Untangling some close homonyms from ancient Egypt and the Near East 1214-31891801-3899https://doaj.org/article/b345c19376e2424cb43cf9d9d644d5032021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://pes.ff.cuni.cz/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2021/11/Lloyd_D_Graham_60-96.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/1214-3189https://doaj.org/toc/1801-3899This paper aims to disambiguate the proper name “Seth” and its cognates or homonyms – perfect or imper fect – in texts from ancient Egypt, the Near East and the Mediterranean. It considers: (1) the Suteans, West Semitic Amorite/Aramean nomads who feature negatively in Mesopotamian records; (2) S(h)eth in the Hebrew bible, in which a disparaged southerly Sutean group (“sons of Sheth”) may have been recast as the virtuous lineage of the third son of Adam (“sons of Seth”); (3) Seth, the Egyptian god of tumult and confusion, who has some elements in common with the Judeo Christian Satan; (4) Seth of the Jewish pseudepigrapha, a positive embellishment of the biblical figure; (5) the Gnostic Seth, a further embellishment of the biblical/ pseudepigraphical figure; and (6) Seth as an agent invoked in magical texts. Accordingly, the paper provides an integrated review of six Sethian subject areas that are seldom considered together; they are examined here through an Egyptological lens. The survey reveals that the two principal Seths – the Egyptian god and the son of Adam – maintain almost entirely separate trajectories in the religious and magical literature of ancient Egypt and beyond.Lloyd D. GrahamUniverzita Karlova, Filozofická fakultaarticlesethson of nutson of adamsuteans/sutianspseudepigraphasethian gnosticismgreek/ demotic magical papyriArchaeologyCC1-960CSENPražské Egyptologické Studie, Iss 27, Pp 60-96 (2021)
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description	This paper aims to disambiguate the proper name “Seth” and its cognates or homonyms – perfect or imper fect – in texts from ancient Egypt, the Near East and the Mediterranean. It considers: (1) the Suteans, West Semitic Amorite/Aramean nomads who feature negatively in Mesopotamian records; (2) S(h)eth in the Hebrew bible, in which a disparaged southerly Sutean group (“sons of Sheth”) may have been recast as the virtuous lineage of the third son of Adam (“sons of Seth”); (3) Seth, the Egyptian god of tumult and confusion, who has some elements in common with the Judeo Christian Satan; (4) Seth of the Jewish pseudepigrapha, a positive embellishment of the biblical figure; (5) the Gnostic Seth, a further embellishment of the biblical/ pseudepigraphical figure; and (6) Seth as an agent invoked in magical texts. Accordingly, the paper provides an integrated review of six Sethian subject areas that are seldom considered together; they are examined here through an Egyptological lens. The survey reveals that the two principal Seths – the Egyptian god and the son of Adam – maintain almost entirely separate trajectories in the religious and magical literature of ancient Egypt and beyond.
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title	Which Seth? Untangling some close homonyms from ancient Egypt and the Near East
title_short	Which Seth? Untangling some close homonyms from ancient Egypt and the Near East
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Which Seth? Untangling some close homonyms from ancient Egypt and the Near East

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