Format:
Online-Ressource ( 245 S. )
,
ill., maps.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9789004233010
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9789004233003
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9004233008
,
9789004233010
,
9004233016
Series Statement:
Culture and history of the ancient near east v. 58
Content:
General Introduction / Annette B. Merz and Teun L. Tieleman -- Making use of history beyond the Euphrates: political views, cultural traditions, and historical contexts in the letter of Mara bar Sarapion / Michael A. Speidel -- Cultural responses from kingdom to province. The romanisation of Commagene, local identities and the Mara bar Sarapion letter / Miguel John Versluys -- Languages, cultural identities and elites in the land of Mara bar Sarapion / Margherita Facella -- Religious life of Commagene in the late Hellenistic and early Roman period / Michael Blomer -- Jesus as the ever-living lawgiver in the letter of Mara bar Sarapion / Petr Pokorny -- Mara's God(s) and Time / Albert de Jong -- Where is wisdom to be found? A plea in favour of Semitic Influences in the letter of Mara bar Sarapion contents -- Mara bar Sarapion and Greek philosophy / David L. Blank -- The Death(s) of Plato / Anna Ntinti -- Consolation from prison: Mara bar Sarapion and Boethius / Pieter W. van der Horst -- Mara bar Sarapion: comments on the Syriac edition, translation, and notes by David Rensberger
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004233003
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Letter of Mara bar Sarapion in Context: Proceedings of the Symposium Held at Utrecht University, 10-12 December 2009 Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2012 ISBN 9789004233003
Language:
English
Keywords:
Konferenzschrift
DOI:
10.1163/9789004233010
Author information:
Merz, Annette 1965-
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