From Hellenism to Islam (eBook, PDF)

Cultural and Linguistic Change in the Roman Near East
Redaktion: Cotton, Hannah M.

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Produktbeschreibung

The eight hundred years between the first Roman conquests and the conquest of Islam saw a rich, constantly shifting blend of languages and writing systems, legal structures, religious practices and beliefs in the Near East. While the different ethnic groups and cultural forms often clashed with each other, adaptation was as much a characteristic of the region as conflict. This volume, emphasizing the inscriptions in many languages from the Near East, brings together mutually informative studies by scholars in diverse fields. Together, they reveal how the different languages, peoples and cultures interacted, competed with, tried to ignore or were influenced by each other, and how their relationships evolved over time. It will be of great value to those interested in Greek and Roman history, Jewish history and Near Eastern studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511636462
• Artikelnr.: 38216863

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Fergus Millar; Part I. The Language of Power: Latin in the
Roman Near East: 1. The presence, role and significance of Latin in the
epigraphy and culture of the Roman Near East Werner Eck; 2. Latin in cities
of the Roman Near East Benjamin Isaac; Part II. Social and Legal
Institutions as Reflected in the Documentary Evidence: 3. Euergetism in
Josephus and the epigraphic culture of first-century Jerusalem Seth
Schwartz; 4. Legal and social status of threptoi and related categories in
narrative and documentary sources Marijana Ricl; 5. Ritual performances of
divine justice: the epigraphy of confession, atonement, and exaltation in
Roman Asia Minor Angelos Chaniotis; 6. Continuity of Nabataean law in the
Petra papyri: a methodological exercise Hannah M. Cotton; Part III. The
Epigraphic Language of Religion: 7. 'Languages' and religion in
second-fourth century Palestine. In search of the impact of Rome Nicole
Belayche; 8. The epigraphic habit and the Jewish diasporas of Asia Minor
and Syria Walter Ameling; 9. Religion and language in Dura-Europos Ted
Kaizer; Part IV. Linguistic Metamorphoses and Continuity of Cultures: 10.
On the margins of culture: the practice of transcription in the ancient
world Jonathan Price and Shlomo Naeh; 11. Edessene Syriac inscriptions in
late antique Syria Sebastian Brock; 12. Samaritan writing and writings Dan
Barag; 13. The Jewish magical tradition from late antique Palestine to the
Cairo Geniza Gideon Bohak; Part V. Greek into Arabic: 14. The Nabataean
connection of the Benei Hezir Axel Knauf; 15. Greek inscriptions in
transition from the Byzantine to the early Islamic period Leah Di Segni;
16. Arab kings, Arab tribes and the beginnings of Arab historical memory in
late Roman epigraphy Robert Hoyland; 17. Greek, Coptic, and the 'language
of the Hijra': rise and decline of the Coptic language in late antique and
medieval Egypt Sebastian Richter; 18. 'What remains behind': Hellenism and
Romanitas in Christian Egypt after the Arab conquest Arietta
Papaconstantinou.