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Egypt and empire : the formation of religious identity after Rome /
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Across Eurasia and North Africa in the First Millennium AD, empires rose and fell, each adopting a universalizing faith which distinguished it broadly from its neighbours. In Egypt, our sources are particularly rich, owing to the land's arid climate and the unparalleled survival not only of stone, ceramic and metalwork, but also of organic material such as textiles, wood and manuscripts found on papyrus, parchment and paper. This volume brings together over a dozen of the world's leading specialists to explore the dialectical interplay between empire and religious identity through a series of case studies from Egypt. Evidence from Egypt suggests that it was precisely in the context of empire that 'religious identity' emerged as a distinctive marker. Using the unrivalled abundance and variety of surviving material culture, this volume explores the formation, renegotiation and reconstitution of religious identities from the Roman period forward. Whereas Egypt's 'pharaonic' millennia (c. 3000-30 BC) have been studied as a coherent whole, later eras are often studied as fragments. 'Egypt and Empire' offers a different approach by covering together periods that are usually treated separately in different academic disciplines.
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xii, 368 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 31 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9789042940314
The letter before the spirit : the importance of text editions for the study of the reception of Aristotle /
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The Letter before the Spirit contains original articles based on the papers given at the Huygens ING (The Hague, 2009) on the importance of text editions for the study of the transmission of Aristotle's works in the Semitico-Latin translations and their commentary tradition in the medieval world. Authors underline this importance in general overviews and theoretical outlines and present their own work on various text editions, ranging from Syriac and Arabic to Hebrew and (Graeco) Latin, and from Aristotle, Avicenna and Averroes to Plotinus, Michael Scot, William of Moerbeke, Judah ha-Kohen, Barhebraeus and Albertus Magnus. Editors are further encouraged to cross boundaries between disciplines and study the translation tradition of Aristotle's works in its entirety.
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1 online resource (xxi, 516 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004235083 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Mélanges offerts à Ola el-Aguizy /
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OCLC 911611276
Pagination: second sequence numbered in western Arabic numerals 1-450; in eastern Arabic numerals 451-490.
This volume presents forty articles offered to Professor Ola el-Aguizy by her friends and colleagues to express their respect for her contribution to Egyptology, whether in the scientific domain or in the international links she created between Cairo University and many other academic institutions across the world. Emeritus Professor at the Cairo University Faculty of archeology in which she made all her career, Ola el-Aguizy greatly contributed to the formation of her students and to the mentoring of their research through her scientific strictness. -- Publisher's website. :
xiii, 490 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9782724706635