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Record Nr.

UNISA996237243803316

Titolo

Sacred words [[electronic resource] ] : orality, literacy, and religion / / edited by A.P.M.H. Lardinois, J.H. Blok, M.G.M. van der Poel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-16113-3

9786613161130

90-04-21421-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (429 p.)

Collana

Orality and literacy in the ancient world ; ; v. 8

Mnemosyne. Supplements ; ; v. 332

Altri autori (Persone)

LardinoisA. P. M. H

BlokJosine

PoelMarc van der

Disciplina

200.9182/20901

Soggetti

Religious literature

Communication - Religious aspects

Greece Religion Congresses

Rome Religion Congresses

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / A. Lardinois , J. Blok and M. Van Der Poel -- Introduction / André Lardinois , Josine Blok and Marc Van Der Poel -- 1. The Words Of Gods: Divine Discourse In Homer’s Iliad / Elizabeth Minchin -- 2. Enter The Divine: Sympotic Performance And Religious Experience / Fiona Hobden -- 3. Past And Present In Pindar’s Religious Poetry / Maria Pavlou -- 4. Euripides, The Derveni Papyrus, And The Smoke Of Many Writings / Ruth Scodel -- 5. Writing Sacred Laws In Archaic And Classical Crete / Michael Gagarin -- 6. Embedded Speech In The Attic Leges Sacrae / Sarah Hitch -- 7. From Oath-Swearing To Entrenchment Clause: The Introduction Of Atimia-Terminology In Legal Inscriptions / Evelyn ’T Van Wout -- 8. ‘And You, The Demos, Made An Uproar’: Performance, Mass Audiences And Text In The Athenian Democracy / Rosalind Thomas -- 9. Hexametrical Incantations As Oral And Written Phenomena / Christopher Faraone -- 10. Oral Bricolage And Ritual Context In The Golden Tablets / Franco Ferrari -- 11. Greek



Hymns From Performance To Stone / Mark Alonge -- 12. Annales Maximi: Writing, Memory, And Religious Performance In The Roman Republic / Ana Rodriguez-Mayorgas -- 13. Homer The Prophet: Homeric Verses And Divination In The Homeromanteion / Andromache Karanika -- 14. Assuming The Mantle Of The Gods: ‘Unknowable Names’ And Invocations In Late Antique Theurgic Ritual / Crystal Addey -- 15. Plautus The Theologian / Niall W. Slater -- 16. Orality In Livy’s Representation Of The Divine: The Construction Of A Polyphonic Narrative / Vanessa Berger -- 17. Dilemmas Of Pietas In Roman Declamation / Bé Breij -- 18. Paul The ‘Herald’ And The ‘Teacher’: Paul’s Self-Images Within An Oral Milieu / Akio Ito -- 19. Divine Voice, Literary Models, And Human Authority: Peter And Paul In The Early Christian Church / James Morrison -- 20. Singing Together In Church: Augustine’s Psalm Against The Donatists / Vincent Hunink -- Index Of Passages / A. Lardinois , J. Blok and M. Van Der Poel -- Index Of Subjects / A. Lardinois , J. Blok and M. Van Der Poel.

Sommario/riassunto

A prevalent view in the current scholarship on ancient religions holds that state religion was primarily performed and transmitted in oral forms, whereas writing came to be associated with secret, private and marginal cults, especially in the Greek world. In Roman times, religions would have become more and more bookish, starting with the Sibylline books and the Annales Maximi of the Roman priests and culminating in the canonical gospels of the Christians. It is the aim of this volume to modify this view or, at least, to challenge it. Surveying the variety of ways in which different types of texts and oral discourse were involved in ancient Greek and Roman religions, the contributions to this volume show that oral and written forms were in use for both Greek and Roman state and private religions.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817433803321

Autore

Halliday Fred

Titolo

The Middle East in international relations : power, politics and ideology / / Fred Halliday [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2005

ISBN

1-107-12744-0

1-107-38529-6

1-280-41720-X

0-511-79082-1

0-511-17146-3

0-511-19719-5

0-511-10996-2

0-511-55593-8

0-511-10965-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 374 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

The contemporary Middle East ; ; 4

Disciplina

320.956/09/045

Soggetti

Middle East Foreign relations

Middle East Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 356-366) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Maps; Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: world politics, the Middle East and the complexities of area studies; 1 International Relations theory and the Middle East; 2 The making of foreign policy: states and societies; 3 The modern Middle East: state formation and world war; 4 The Cold War: global conflict, regional upheavals; 5 After the Cold War: the maturing of the Greater West Asian Crisis; 6 Military conflict: war, revolt, strategic rivalry; 7 Modern ideologies: political and religious

8 Challenges to the state: transnational movements9 International political economy: regional and global; 10 The Middle East in international perspective; Appendices; Appendix 1; Appendix 2 Chronologies; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The international relations of the Middle East have long been



dominated by uncertainty and conflict. External intervention, interstate war, political upheaval and interethnic violence are compounded by the vagaries of oil prices and the claims of military, nationalist and religious movements. The purpose of this book is to set this region and its conflicts in context, providing on the one hand a historical introduction to its character and problems, and on the other a reasoned analysis of its politics. In an engagement with both the study of the Middle East and the theoretical analysis of international relations, the author, who is one of the best known and most authoritative scholars writing on the region today, offers a compelling and original interpretation. Written in a clear, accessible and interactive style, the book is designed for students, policymakers, and the general reader.