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Author Arcari, Luca.

Title Beyond Conflicts : Cultural and Religious Cohabitations in Alexandria and Egypt between the 1st and the 6th Century CE.

Publication Info. Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2017.

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Description 1 online resource (475 pages).
Egyptians language
Greeks language
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Series Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity ; v. 103
Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity.
Contents Cover; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Luca Arcari: Cultural and Religious Cohabitations in Alexandria and Egypt between the 1st and the 6th Cent. CE; 1. Methodological issues; 1.1. Constructing collective "identities"; 2. Religious and cultural cohabitations in Egypt and Alexandria(1st-6th cent. CE); 2.1. A regional approach in light of the integration between different sources; 2.1.1. "Pervasive" cultural centres; 2.1.2. Local reinventions of tradition; 2.2. The limits of the "traditional" taxonomies; 3. Structure and contents of the book; Bibliography.
1. Contesting authority: the meaning of a literary frame2. Basilides or not Basilides; 3. Back to which Egypt; 4. A "non existing" source; 5. A teacher's legacy; 6. Towards a conclusion; Bibliography; Thomas J. Kraus: Demosthenes and (Late) Ancient Miniature Books from Egypt: Reflections on a Category, Physical Features, Purpose and Use; 1. Introduction; 2. The papyrus letter, ancient rhetors, and τὸ βιβλίον (l. 6); 3. Ancient rhetors and miniature books -- spot onfamous Demosthenes; 3.1. Miniature books with Demosthenes put to the test; 3.2. Summary of and conclusions drawn from 3.1.
Part One: Use, (Re- )Invention And (Re- )Definitionof Discursive PracticesTobias Nicklas: Jewish, Christian, Greek? The Apocalypse of Peter as a Witness of Early 2nd-Cent. Christianity in Alexandria; 1. The Apocalypse of Peter -- Jewish, Christian, or other?; 2. Results regarding the text's alleged place and context of origin; 3. Conclusion; Bibliography; Philippe Matthey: The Once and Future King of Egypt: Egyptian "Messianism" and the Construction of the Alexander Romance; 1. The Egyptian origins of the Alexander Romance; 2. "Apocalyptic" literature in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt.
3. Apocalyptic elements in the Alexander Romance4. Development of the Graeco-Egyptian "apocalypticism"; 5. Historical theodicy in Egypt; 6. Production of "apocalyptic" literature in ancient Egypt. A conclusion; Bibliography; Antonio Sena: Demonology between Celsus and Origen: A Theoretical Model of Religious Cohabitation?; 1. Origen's education and Celsus' background; 2. Demonology as an integration proposal; 3. A model of cultic integration; Bibliography; Daniele Tripaldi: "Basilides" and "the Egyptian Wisdom:" Some Remarks on a Peculiar Heresiological Notice (Ps.-Hipp. Haer. 7.20-27).
4. Miniature codices as representatives of Graeco-Roman bookculture in Egypt?Bibliography; Paola Buzi: Remains of Gnomic Anthologies and Pagan Wisdom Literature in the Coptic Tradition; 1. Premise; 2. Classical works in the Coptic language; 3. The Menandri sententiae; 4. The Sexti sententiae; 5. The Dicta philosophorum; Bibliography; Part Two: Ideological Debates as Images of Culturaland Religious Cohabitations; Bernard Pouderon: "Jewish," "Christian" and "Gnostic" Groups in Alexandria during the 2nd Cent.: Between Approval and Expulsion; 1. Introduction; 2. The various groups.
Note 2.1. Being "Jewish" in Alexandria after 115 CE.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary Es ist bekannt, dass Ägypten eine Art Sonderstellung bei der Erforschung antiker Kulturen und Religionen innehat, da es der Wissenschaft ermöglicht, sich auf eine große Anzahl unterschiedlicher Dokumente zu beziehen. Es ist das Hauptziel dieses Bandes, die Vielfalt des Materials interaktiv zu untersuchen.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Christianity and other religions -- Egyptian -- Congresses.
Christianity and other religions.
Christianity and other religions -- Greek -- Congresses.
Christianity and other religions -- Judaism -- Congresses.
Judaism.
Christianity.
Egyptians -- Religion.
Greeks -- Religion.
Interfaith relations.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Other Form: Print version: Arcari, Luca. Beyond Conflicts : Cultural and Religious Cohabitations in Alexandria and Egypt between the 1st and the 6th Century CE. Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, ©2017 9783161551444
ISBN 3161551710
9783161551710 (electronic book)
9783161551444
3161551443