The letter of Mara bar Sarapion in context : proceedings of the symposium held at Utrecht University, 10-12 December 2009 /

The letter of Mara bar Sarapion in context : proceedings of the symposium held at Utrecht University, 10-12 December 2009 /

The Letter of Mara bar Sarapion to his son - preserved in a single Syriac manuscript (7th. century CE) - still speaks to its readers, evocatively depicting the dramatic situation of a nobleman imprisoned after the Roman capture of Samosata, capital of Commagene. The letter is best known today for a...

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Other Authors: Merz, Annette., Tieleman, Teun.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 58.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2013, ISBN: 9789004248649.

Subjects:

Mara bar Serapion > Congresses.
Syriac literature > History and criticism > Congresses.
Consolation in literature > Congresses.
Philosophy, Ancient > Congresses.
Commagene > History > Congresses.

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Call Number: PJ5671.M37 Z76 2012

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 1. General Introduction /
  • Annette Merz and Teun Tieleman
  • 2. Making Use of History beyond the Euphrates: Political Views, Cultural Traditions, and Historical Contexts in the Letter of Mara bar Sarapion /
  • Michael A. Speidel
  • 3. Cultural Responses from Kingdom to Province: The Romanisation of Commagene, Local Identities and the Mara bar Sarapion Letter /
  • Miguel John Versluys
  • 4. Languages, Cultural Identities and Elites in the Land of Mara bar Sarapion /
  • Margherita Facella
  • 5. Religious Life of Commagene in the Late Hellenistic and Early Roman Period /
  • Michael Blömer
  • 6. Jesus as the Ever-Living Lawgiver in the Letter of Mara bar Sarapion /
  • Petr Pokorný
  • 7. Mara's God(s) and Time /
  • Albert de Jong
  • 8. Where is Wisdom to be Found? A Plea in Favor of Semitic Influences in the Letter of Mara bar Sarapion /
  • Pancratius C. Beentjes
  • 9. Mara bar Sarapion and Greek Philosophy /
  • David L. Blank
  • 10. The Death(s) of Plato /
  • Anna Ntinti
  • 11. Consolation from Prison: Mara bar Sarapion and Boethius /
  • Pieter W. van der Horst
  • 12. Mara bar Sarapion: Comments on the Syriac Edition, Translation, and Notes by David Rensberger /
  • Ilaria L.E. Ramelli
  • Index of Names and Subjects
  • Index of Ancient Sources
  • Maps.