Memory and Identity in the Syriac Cave of Treasures : Rewriting the Bible in Sasanian Iran / / Sergey Minov

• Autore: Minov Sergey
• Pubblicazione: Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 411 pages)
• Disciplina: 229/.92
• Soggetto topico: Christian literature, Early - Syriac authors - History and criticism; Syriac literature - History and criticism
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- 1. Genre, date and provenance of CT -- 2. Categorizing the Jewish "Other" -- 3. Categorizing the Iranian "Other" -- 4. Identifying the Syriac Christian "Self" -- General conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Names and Subjects.
• Sommario/riassunto: In Memory and Identity in the Syriac Cave of Treasures: Rewriting the Bible in Sasanian Iran Sergey Minov examines literary and socio-cultural aspects of the Syriac pseudepigraphic composition known as the Cave of Treasures , which offers a peculiar version of the Christian history of salvation. The book fills a lacuna in the history of Syriac Christian literary creativity by contextualising this unique work within the cultural and religious situation of Sasanian Mesopotamia towards the end of Late Antiquity. The author analyses the Cave 's content and message from the perspective of identity theory and memory studies, while discussing its author's emphatically polemical stand vis-à-vis Judaism, the ambivalent way in which he deals with Iranian culture, and the promotion in this work of a distinctively Syriac-oriented vision of the biblical past.
• Altri titoli varianti: Rewriting the Bible in Sasanian Iran
• Titolo autorizzato: Memory and Identity in the Syriac Cave of Treasures
• ISBN: 90-04-44551-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823908303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture ; ; 26.