An Introduction To Late Antique Epigraphy In The Holy Land

Author : Leah Di Segni
Publisher : Edizioni Terra Santa
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-12T00:00:00+02:00
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9791254711187

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An Introduction to Late Antique Epigraphy in the Holy Land by Leah Di Segni Pdf

The ethnic pluralism of the Holy Land is unparalleled elsewhere. Whatever period of history, or even of prehistory, one chooses to consider, the land, due to its geographical position, was always home to diverse ethne and cultures and a capturer of influences from nearby and faraway countries. The same pluralism accounts for an unparalleled coexistence of languages and scripts. Greek and Latin, Hebrew, Jewish, Christian and Samaritan Aramaic, each with its own script, pre-Islamic Arabic in Nabataean and Old Arabic scripts, the occasional Syriac, Palmyrene, Armenian and Georgian inscriptions, Safaitic and Thamudic graffiti in the eastern and southern fringes: all are attested in late antique Holy Land, sometimes influencing one another in vocabulary and formulas. Still, Greek is the prevailing vehicle of written communication from its first appearance in the region in the fourth century BCE to the end of Late Antiquity in the late eighth or early ninth century, and it will draw most of the attention in these pages.

Author : Katharina Bolle,Carlos Machado,Christian Witschel
Publisher : Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Inscriptions, Ancient
ISBN : 3515115587

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The Epigraphic Cultures of Late Antiquity by Katharina Bolle,Carlos Machado,Christian Witschel Pdf

The diversity and wealth of epigraphic cultures in the late Roman Empire is the main focus of this volume. It offers a wide-ranging overview over the geographic and typological diversity of late antique epigraphy and explores the many ways in which people reacted to inscriptions and the monuments connected with them. Particularly the "epigraphic habit", e.g. the complex network of making and using inscriptions, is looked at from different angles. This helps to understand the various political, cultural and religious structures characterized by it. The first part is dedicated to the study of the "epigraphic habit" in different parts of the Roman Empire and presents detailed quantitative analyses. The second part centers on various genres of inscriptions as well as on associated practices. In a third part "Christian epigraphy", i.e. the impact of Christianity on the antique epigraphic culture, is addressed. A range of maps, charts and figures illustrate the studies and facilitate comparison.

Author : Cristiana Sogno,Bradley K. Storin,Edward J. Watts
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520308411

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Late Antique Letter Collections by Cristiana Sogno,Bradley K. Storin,Edward J. Watts Pdf

Bringing together an international team of historians, classicists, and scholars of religion, this volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the extant Greek and Latin letter collections of late antiquity (ca. 300–600 c.e.). Each chapter addresses a major collection of Greek or Latin literary letters, introducing the social and textual histories of each collection and examining its assembly, publication, and transmission. Contributions also reveal how collections operated as discrete literary genres, with their own conventions and self-presentational agendas. This book will fundamentally change how people both read these texts and use letters to reconstruct the social history of the fourth, fifth, and sixth centuries.

Author : Ralph Mathisen,Danuta Shanzer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351899215

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Society and Culture in Late Antique Gaul by Ralph Mathisen,Danuta Shanzer Pdf

Late Roman Gaul is often seen either from a classical Roman perspective as an imperial province in decay and under constant threat from barbarian invasion or settlement, or from the medieval one, as the cradle of modern France and Germany. Standard texts and "moments" have emerged and been canonized in the scholarship on the period, be it Gaul aflame in 407 or the much-disputed baptism of Clovis in 496/508. This volume avoids such stereotypes. It brings together state-of-the-art work in archaeology, literary, social, and religious history, philology, philosophy, epigraphy, and numismatics not only to examine under-used and new sources for the period, but also critically to reexamine a few of the old standards. This will provide a fresh view of various more unusual aspects of late Roman Gaul, and also, it is hoped, serve as a model for ways of interpreting the late Roman sources for other areas, times, and contexts.

Author : Jorge Cano Moreno
Publisher : CEHAO
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Damqatum - Number 19 (2023) by Jorge Cano Moreno Pdf

Damqatum is a journal dedicated to the history and archaeology of the Near East, oriented to the general public.

Author : Bradley Hudson McLean
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0472112384

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An Introduction to Greek Epigraphy of the Hellenistic and Roman Periods from Alexander the Great Down to the Reign of Constantine (323 B.C.-A.D. 337) by Bradley Hudson McLean Pdf

" In short, this is a reference work of the best kind. For the beginner, it is indispensable. And for those who already know something about its subject matter, the book is in many ways useful, informative, and interesting. We all owe a debt to the author] for undertaking this significant project, and for completing it so well." - Michael Peachin, Classical World " . . . provides invaluable road maps for non-epigraphers faced with passages of inscribed Greek." - Graham Shipley, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Greek inscriptions form a valuable resource for the study of all aspects of the Greco-Roman world. They are primary witnesses to society's laws and institutions, religious habits, and language. This volume provides students with the tools to take advantage of the historical value of these treasures. It examines letter forms, ancient names, and ancient calendars, knowledge of which is essential in reading inscriptions of all kinds. B. H. McLean discusses the classification of inscriptions into their various categories and analyzes particular types of inscriptions, including decrees, honorary inscriptions, dedications, funerary inscriptions, and manumissions. Finally, McLean includes special topics that bear upon the interpretation of specific features of inscriptions, such as Greek and Roman administrative titles and functions.

Author : Louise Blanke,Jennifer Cromwell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009278935

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Monastic Economies in Late Antique Egypt and Palestine by Louise Blanke,Jennifer Cromwell Pdf

This book situates discussions of Christian monasticism in Egypt and Palestine within the socio-economic world of the long Late Antiquity, from the golden age of monasticism into and well beyond the Arab conquest (fifth to tenth century). Its thirteen chapters present new research into the rich corpus of textual sources and archaeological remains and move beyond traditional studies that have treated monastic communities as religious entities in physical seclusion from society. The volume brings together scholars working across traditional boundaries of subject and geography and explores a diverse range of topics from the production of food and wine to networks of scribes, patronage, and monastic visitation. As such, it paints a vivid picture of busy monastic lives dependent on and led in tandem with the non-monastic world.

Author : Walter Ameling,Hannah M. Cotton,Werner Eck,Avner Ecker,Benjamin Isaac,Alla Kushnir-Stein,Haggai Misgav,Jonathan Price,Peter Weiß,Ada Yardeni
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 799 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110544213

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Iudaea / Idumaea, Part 1: 2649-3324 by Walter Ameling,Hannah M. Cotton,Werner Eck,Avner Ecker,Benjamin Isaac,Alla Kushnir-Stein,Haggai Misgav,Jonathan Price,Peter Weiß,Ada Yardeni Pdf

Volume IV/1 of the CIIP includes all inscriptions from the regions known as Judea and Idumea in ancient times. It does not include Jerusalem, whose inscriptions were previously presented in Volume 1. The inscriptions are epigraphic texts in Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Aramaic, Georgian, and Armenian.

Author : Antony Eastmond
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-20
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781107092419

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Viewing Inscriptions in the Late Antique and Medieval World by Antony Eastmond Pdf

This book considers the visual qualities of inscriptions from a cross-cultural perspective focusing on the period from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages.

Author : Arthur E. Gordon
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1983-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520050792

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Illustrated Introduction to Latin Epigraphy by Arthur E. Gordon Pdf

This is a much-needed textbook for students of epigraphy and an up-to-date reference work for scholars. Central to the work are its photos. Professor Gordon presents 100 Latin inscriptions arranged in chronological order and illustrated by the best available photographs. The inscriptions, which range in date from the sixth century B.C. to A.D. 525, are collated with standard texts and are accompanied by translations and full annotation. They are preceded by an original introduction dealing with important aspects of Latin epigraphy and followed by several appendices on such special topics as Roman numerals. The photographs of these inscriptions reveal the close relationship between Latin inscriptions and our present-day type fonts by way of the humanistic hand of fifteenth-centry European scholars. This book will be of interest not only to students and scholars of epigraphy but to those interested in the history of typography as well.

Author : Bruria Bitton-Ashkelony
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520241916

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Encountering the Sacred by Bruria Bitton-Ashkelony Pdf

Annotation A study of the response (political and theological) of early Christian intellectuals to the widespread practice of pilgrimage to holy places in Palestine.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789004516458

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Building between Eastern and Western Mediterranean Lands by Anonim Pdf

This book explores the construction processes and the mechanisms of transmission of knowledge between the eastern and western Mediterranean lands from the late Roman period to the early centuries of Islam.

Author : Ernest Stewart Roberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Inscriptions, Greek
ISBN : BSB:BSB11552146

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An Introduction to Greek Epigraphy by Ernest Stewart Roberts Pdf

Author : Constanza Cordoni
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004696761

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Reconfiguring the Land of Israel by Constanza Cordoni Pdf

This book is about ways in which the land of Israel, the homeland of the most paradigmatic of all diasporas, was envisioned in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages in the literature of the sages. It is about the Land according to the redefined Judaism that emerged in the centuries following the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE. This Judaism replaced the temple cult with Torah study - a study that pertained in part to that very temple cult, that became a portable homeland, and that reconfigured the Land.

Author : Sean V. Leatherbury
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-30
Category : Architectural inscriptions
ISBN : 1032090758

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Inscribing Faith in Late Antiquity by Sean V. Leatherbury Pdf

Inscribing Faith in Late Antiquity considers the Greek and Latin texts inscribed in churches and chapels in the late antique Mediterranean (c. 300-800 CE), compares them to similar texts from pagan, Jewish, and Muslim spaces of worship, and explores how they functioned both textually and visually. These texts not only recorded the names and prayers of the faithful, but were powerful verbal and visual statements of cultural values and religious beliefs, conveying meaning through their words as well as through their appearances. In fact, the two were intimately connected. All of these texts - Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and pagan - acted visually, embracing their own materiality as mosaic, paint, or carved stone. Colourful and artfully arranged, the inscriptions framed human relationships with the divine, encouraged responses from readers, and made prayers material. In the first in-depth examination of the inscriptions as words and as images, the author reimagines the range of aesthetic, cultural, and religious experiences that were possible in spaces of worship. Inscribing Faith in Late Antiquity is essential reading for those interested in Roman, late antique, and Byzantine material and visual culture, inscriptions and other texts, and religious life in the ancient Mediterranean.