Paroles d'Apollon : pratiques et traditions oraculaires dans l'Antiquité tardive, IIe-VIe siècle /
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This book deals with the making and the reuses of the divine words which were ascribed to Apollo from the 2nd to the 6th centuries AD and which have now become available in both epigraphical and literary sources. The larger part has been issued by the sanctuaries of Claros and Didyma. This comprehensive and historical approach analyses the oracles of Apollo according to the various contexts ancient authors used to resort to the sacred words. The first part of the book examines, in the context of the Graeco-Roman city-states, the oracular texts in relation to the sanctuaries where they had originally been produced. The second part explores the different ways in which the Apollinian oracles were reappropriated by pagan and Christian authors for philosophical, polemical and apologetic purposes. This study of the sacred texts reveals in an original manner the cultural, political, and religious life of pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire.
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1 online resource (x, 516 pages) : maps. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-500) and indexes. :
9789047415855 :
0927-7633 ; :
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Images et rites de la mort dans l'Egypte ancienne : l'apport des liturgies funeraires : quatre seminaires a l'Ecole pratique des hautes etudes, section des sciences religieuses, 17-31 mai 1999 ; avec un appendice sur la theorie de la parole divine (mdw ntr) chez Jamblique et dans les sources egyptiennes /
: 127 pages ; 21 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 2951209266
New chapters in the history of rhetoric /
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This volume gathers over forty papers by leading scholars in the field of the history of rhetoric. It illustrates the current trends in this new area of research and offers a great richness of insights. The contributors are from fourteen different countries in Europe, America and Asia ; the majority of the papers are in English and French, some others in German, Italian, and Spanish. The texts and subjects covered include the Bible, Classical Antiquity, Medieval and Modern Europe, Chinese and Korean civilization, and the contemporary world. Word, speech, language and institutions are addressed from several points of view. One major topic, among many others, is Rhetoric and Religion.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789047428473 :
1875-1148 ; :
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The architecture and liturgy of the bema in fourth- to-sixth-century Syrian churches /
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First published in 2003 this is a new edition of a work that remains the only study of the nave platform known as the Syrian Bema to utilise an interdisciplinary approach. By combining archaeological and architectural research with a study of the Syriac Liturgy to explore how worship evolved on the Syrian Limestone Massif in Late Antiquity, this volume proposes a solution to the long debated question of why only approximately 50 of these bemata have been discovered amongst many thousands of late antique churches in Syria. It charts the evolution of the early liturgy in Syria and seeks to explain how the location of the Limestone Massif in the hinterland of Antioch may have affected the development of worship in the region.
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of London, 2001.
Previously published: Kaslik, Liban : Parole de l'Orient, 2003. :
1 online resource (xviii, 287 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-281) and index. :
9789004231849 :
2213-0039 ; :
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