1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971307003321

Autore

Allen Danielle S. <1971->

Titolo

The world of Prometheus : the politics of punishing in democratic Athens / / Danielle S. Allen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2000

ISBN

9786613379818

9781283379816

1283379813

9781400824656

1400824656

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (465 p.)

Disciplina

303.3/6

Soggetti

Punishment (Greek law)

Punishment - Greece - Athens - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-429) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The preliminaries -- pt. 2. The process of punishing -- pt. 3. Interventions in the conversation.

Sommario/riassunto

For Danielle Allen, punishment is more a window onto democratic Athens' fundamental values than simply a set of official practices. From imprisonment to stoning to refusal of burial, instances of punishment in ancient Athens fueled conversations among ordinary citizens and political and literary figures about the nature of justice. Re-creating in vivid detail the cultural context of this conversation, Allen shows that punishment gave the community an opportunity to establish a shining myth of harmony and cleanliness: that the city could be purified of anger and social struggle, and perfect order achieved. Each member of the city--including notably women and slaves--had a specific role to play in restoring equilibrium among punisher, punished, and society. The common view is that democratic legal processes moved away from the "emotional and personal" to the "rational and civic," but Allen shows that anger, honor, reciprocity, spectacle, and social memory constantly prevailed in Athenian law and politics. Allen draws upon oratory, tragedy, and philosophy to present the lively intellectual climate in



which punishment was incurred, debated, and inflicted by Athenians. Broad in scope, this book is one of the first to offer both a full account of punishment in antiquity and an examination of the political stakes of democratic punishment. It will engage classicists, political theorists, legal historians, and anyone wishing to learn more about the relations between institutions and culture, normative ideas and daily events, punishment and democracy.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957206203321

Titolo

Jacob of Edessa and the Syriac culture of his day / / edited by Bas ter Haar Romeny

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2008

ISBN

1-282-60224-1

9786612602245

90-474-2693-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Collana

Monographs of the Peshitta Institute, Leiden ; ; v. 18

Altri autori (Persone)

Haar RomenyR. B. ter

Disciplina

270.2092

271.01056

Soggetti

Syriac language

Sanlurfa (Turkey) Civilization

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 (p. [265]-293) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Materials / R.B. Ter Haar Romeny -- Jacob Of Edessa’s Life And Work: A Biographical Sketch / Alison Salvesen -- Jacob And Early Islamic Edessa / Robert Hoyland -- The Chronicle Of Jacob Of Edessa / Witold Witakowski -- Jewish Pseudepigrapha In Jacob Of Edessa’s Letters And Historical Writings / William Adler -- Greetings To A Virtuous Man The Correspondence Of Jacob Of Edessa / Jan J. Van Ginkel -- Jacob Of Edessa And Canon Law / Herman G.B. Teule -- The Canons Of Jacob Of Edessa In The Perspective Of The Christian Identity Of His Day / Konrad D. Jenner -- The Textual Vorlagen For Jacob Of Edessa’s Revision Of The Books Of Samuel / Richard J. Saley -- Jacob Of



Edessa’s Version Of 1–2 Samuel: Its Method And Text-Critical Value / Alison Salvesen -- Jacob Of Edessa On Genesis: His Quotations Of The Peshitta And His Revision Of The Text -- Jacob Of Edessa The Grammarian / Rafael Talmon -- Jacob Of Edessa And The Sixth-Century Syriac Translator Of Severus Of Antioch’s Cathedral Homilies / Lucas Van Rompay -- Jacob Of Edessa And The Reception Of Aristotle / Henri Hugonnard-Roche -- Jacob Of Edessa’s Use Of Greek Philosophy In His Hexaemeron / Marina Wilks -- The Anaphora Of Saint James And Jacob Of Edessa / Baby Varghese -- A Bibliographical Clavis To The Works Of Jacob Of Edessa (Revised And Expanded) / Dirk Kruisheer -- Index Of Sources / R.B. Ter Haar Romeny -- Index Of Modern Authors / R.B. Ter Haar Romeny.

Sommario/riassunto

Jacob of Edessa (c.640-708) is considered the most learned Christian of the early days of Islam. In all fifteen contributions to this volume, written by prominent specialists, the interaction between Christianity, Judaism, and the new religion is an important issue. The articles discuss Jacob’s biography as well as his position in early Islamic Edessa, and give a full picture of the various aspects of Jacob of Edessa’s life and work as a scholar and clergyman. Attention is paid to his efforts in the fields of historiography, correspondence, canon law, text and interpretation of the Bible, language and translation, theology, philosophy, and science. The book, which marks the 1300th anniversary of Jacob’s death, also contains a bibliographical clavis.