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Ancient Egyptian biographies : contexts, forms, functions
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Introduction Julie Stauder-Porchet, Elizabeth Frood, Andr?as Stauder Part 1. Anthropological and Contrastive Perspectives Narrating Biography versus Biographical Indexicality Michael Silverstein Self-Representation in Mesopotamia: The Literary Evidence Christopher Woods From Living a Life to Creating a Fit Memorial John Baines Part 2. The Original Old Kingdom Settings Genres and Textual Prehistories of the Egyptian Autobiography in the Old Kingdom Julie Stauder-Porchet (Auto-)Bioconographies versus (Auto-)Biographies in Old Kingdom Elite Tombs: Complexity Expansion of Image and Word Reflecting Personality Traits by Competitive Individuality Ren? van Walsem Part 3. Text Format and Language Autobiography versus Biography in the Second Person and Biography in the Third Person: Textual Formats, Authorship, and Apocryphal/Pseudepigraphic Works Pascal Vernus Clich?s in Ancient Egyptian Autobiographies Laurent Coulon Expressions of Royal Agency: Forms of the Verb in the Old Kingdom Event Autobiography Andr?as Stauder Part 4. Social Dimensions The Social Context of Biographies (Old and Middle Kingdom) Juan Carlos Moreno Garc?a Images of Social Ascent in Biographical Self-Presentations from the Old Kingdom to the Middle Kingdom Katalin Anna K?thay jnk wr m njw.t=f : References to njw.t, Town, City in Biographies of the Second Intermediate Period Sabine Kubisch Part 5. Religious Experience Living a Religious Life: The Display of Religious Experience in Egyptian Autobiographies Maria Michela Luiselli Participation in Religious Ceremonies, as Related in Egyptian Biographies David Klotz
The legend of Sergius Baḥīrā : eastern Christian apologetics and apocalyptic in response to Islam /
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From the eighth century onwards, Christians living under Islam have produced numerous apologetic and polemical works, aimed at proving the continuing validity of Christianity. Among these is the Legend of Sergius Baḥīrā, which survives in two Syriac and two Arabic versions, and appears here in edition and translation. Being a counterhistory of Islam, it reshapes early Muslim traditions about a monk recognizing Muḥammad as the final Prophet by turning this monk into Muhammad's tutor and co-author of the Qur'an. In response to Muslim triumphalist propaganda, it portrays Islam's political power as predestined but finite and unrelated to its religious message. This feature sets the legend apart from similar Christian accounts of the origin of Islam, East and West, which are reviewed in this study as well.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. [529]-560) and index. :
9789047441953 :
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Roots in the air : a philosophical autobiography of a philosopher, artist, and musician /
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By way of dialogues, Michael Krausz offers philosophical reflections about his life as philosopher, artist, and musician. He also rehearses his views about relativism, interpretation, creativity, and self-realization. Much of Krausz's work has been inspired by conversations with thinkers such as Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn, Isaiah Berlin, the Dalai Lama, and musicians such as Josef Gingold, Frederik Prausnitz, and Luis Biava. While the death of his grandparents in Auschwitz continues to disquiet his consciousness, Krausz's critiques of versions of Advaitic Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism led him to a distinctive humanism. This thought-provoking book includes personal and professional accounts about particular philosophers, artists, and musicians. It will edify anyone who, like Krausz, has confronted issues of self-identity and human existence.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004388017 :
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The Intellectual Climate of Cassius Dio : Greek and Roman Pasts /
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Cassius Dio (c. 160-c. 230) is a familiar name to Roman historians, but still an enigmatic one. His text has shaped our understanding of his own period and earlier eras, but basic questions remain about his Greek and Roman cultural identities and his literary and intellectual influences. Contributors to this volume read Dio against different backgrounds including the politics of the Severan court, the cultural milieu of the Second Sophistic and Roman traditions of historiography and political theory. Dio emerges as not just a recounter of events, but a representative of his times in all their complexity.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004510517
9789004510487
My Journey : A Tale of two Births /
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My Journey: A Tale of Two Births is the unputdownable saga of the two avatars of the eminent Odissi danseuse Ileana Citaristi. Growing up in the times of hippie culture, among the flower children of the seventies, Ileana Citaristi's life is a fascinating story of a rebellious soul which migrates across continents, from the small town of Bergamo in the mountainous ranges of north Italy to bustling Cuttack on the east coast of India. In this autobiography, Ileana recounts her journey, going back in time to the sixties, in her frst avatar, doing it all; from a rebellious teenager to acting in theatre, from researching in Western psychoanalysis of Carl Gustav Jung to Tibetan mandala, from hitch-hiking across a pre-Taliban Kabul to entering India and learning Kathakali in Kerala, from being high on LSD to turning vegetarian, and finally metamorphosing from a bohemian foreigner to a disciplined Indianized shishya. In the second avatar she takes a gigantic leap of faith, when she embraces an alien land and language as her own and surrenders everything at the feet of her Guru, Shri Kelucharan Mohapatra, to learn the ancient art form of Odissi, she is able to give shape to the inner strivings of her soul.
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1 online resource (284 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004752337