Sebayt (Egyptian sbꜣyt,[1] Coptic ⲥⲃⲱ "instruction, teaching")[2] is the ancient Egyptian term for a genre of pharaonic literature. sbꜣyt literally means "teachings" or "instructions"[3] and refers to formally written ethical teachings focused on the "way of living truly". Sebayt is considered an Egyptian form of wisdom literature.
^Sneed, Mark R. (September 7, 2015). Was There a Wisdom Tradition: New Prospects in Israelite Wisdom Studies. SBL Press. ISBN 9781628371017 – via Google Books.
^Grapow & Ermann, vol.4, pp. 85, 86
^A further meaning is 'punishment', cf. Grapow & Ermann, vol. 5, 288.2-289.23
Sebayt (Egyptian sbꜣyt, Coptic ⲥⲃⲱ "instruction, teaching") is the ancient Egyptian term for a genre of pharaonic literature. sbꜣyt literally means "teachings"...
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Ptahhotep are considered didactic wisdom literature belonging to the genre of sebayt. There are four copies of the Instructions, and the only complete version...
sweet". In ancient Egyptian literature, wisdom literature belonged to the sebayt ("teaching") genre which flourished during the Middle Kingdom of Egypt and...
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Egyptian language, probably of Middle Kingdom date (2025–1700 BC). In this sebayt the author has a First Intermediate Period king of Egypt possibly named...
tomb autobiography, such as those of Harkhuf and Weni. The genre known as Sebayt ("instructions") was developed to communicate teachings and guidance from...
compilation of moral maxims and admonitions on the practice of virtue (sebayt). The conclusion of the Instructions of Kagemni is followed by the only...
ancient Egyptian instructional text of wisdom literature which belongs to the sebayt ('teaching') genre. Although the earliest evidence of its compilation dates...
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to the Middle Kingdom. The text is considered to fall into the genre of Sebayt, a form of Egyptian wisdom literature. The text takes the form of a dialogue...
Ammenemes I to His Son Sesostris") is a short ancient Egyptian poem of the sebayt genre written during the early Middle Kingdom. The poem takes the form of...
Maat. Later scholars and philosophers also would embody concepts from the Sebayt, a native wisdom literature. These spiritual texts dealt with common social...
contains one of the oldest extant writings about Egyptian wisdom teachings (Sebayt). The manuscript is dated to around the 1st century BC according to the...
literature named as such by the ancient Egyptians was the "teaching" or sebayt genre. Parkinson states that the titles of a work, its opening statement...
tomb autobiography, such as those of Harkhufand Weni. The genre known as Sebayt (Instructions) was developed to communicate teachings and guidance from...
scholars tend to identify Merikare's predecessor with Wahkare Khety. These sebayt ("teachings", in ancient Egyptian) – possibly composed during the reign...
and the Nubians. Amenemhat I's name is associated with one of only two sebayt or ethical "teachings" attributed to Egyptian monarchs, entitled the Instructions...
Proverbs. Amenemope belongs to the literary genre of "instruction" (Egyptian sebayt). It is the culmination of centuries of development going back to the Instruction...
Teaching, or The Loyalist Instructions, is an ancient Egyptian text of the sebayt ('teaching') genre. It survives in part from a stela inscription of the...
many letters sent to his viziers) was a pioneer in the epistolary genre. Sebayt and Wisdom literature – The Maxims of Ptahhotep are among the oldest pieces...
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