1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457717403321

Autore

Perle Iehoshua <1888-1943.>

Titolo

Ordinary Jews [[electronic resource] /] / Yehoshue Perle ; translated and with an introduction by Shirley Kurmove

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, c2011

ISBN

1-4384-3552-5

1-4619-0626-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (362 p.)

Collana

Excelsior Editions

Altri autori (Persone)

KumoveShirley <1931->

Disciplina

839/.133

Soggetti

Jewish fiction

Yiddish literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""ORDINARY JEWS""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Translator�s Notes to the Reader""; ""Chapter 1: Novel""; ""Glossary and Notes""; ""Bibliography""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451375403321

Autore

Riggs Christina

Titolo

The beautiful burial in Roman Egypt [[electronic resource] ] : art, identity, and funerary religion / / Christina Riggs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-280-75816-3

0-19-153487-0

1-4294-3090-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Collana

Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation

Disciplina

932/.01

Soggetti

Funeral rites and ceremonies - Egypt

Burial - Egypt - History - To 1500

Art, Egyptian

Romans - Egypt

Electronic books.

Egypt Civilization 332 B.C.-638 A.D

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Oxford University.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [302]-321) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Colour Plates; Abbreviations; Note on Names and Transliteration; Map of Egypt in the Roman Period; 1 Introduction: Art, Identity, and Funerary Religion; 2 Osiris, Hathor, and the Gendered Dead; 3 Portraying the Dead; 4 Art and Archaism in Western Thebes; 5 Conclusions: The 'Beautiful Burial' in Roman Egypt; Appendix: List of Objects; Bibliography; Register of Museums; General Index

Sommario/riassunto

This important new study looks at coffins, masks, shrouds, and tombs from the Roman Period in Egypt, when naturalistic Greek art forms, like portraits, were combined with traditional Egyptian art. The book presents more than 150 objects and tombs, many for the first time, and reveals how they created a 'beautiful burial' to glorify the dead in the changing cultural landscape of Roman Egypt. - ;This important new study looks at the intersection of Greek and Egyptian art forms in the funerary sphere of Roman Egypt. A discussion of artistic change, cultural identity, and religious belief foregrou