Sacred words : orality, literacy, and religion /
Sacred words : orality, literacy, and religion /
edited by A.P.M.H. Lardinois, J.H. Blok, M.G.M. van der Poel.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 415 pages) : illustrations
- Mnemosyne. Supplements ; v. 332 Orality and literacy in the ancient world ; v. 8 .
- Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 332. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Preface; Notes on Contributors; André Lardinois, Josine Blok and Marc van der Poel, Introduction; PART I. GREEK LITERATURE; 1. Elizabeth Minchin, The Words of Gods: Divine Discourse in Homer's Iliad; 2. Fiona Hobden, Enter the Divine: Sympotic Performance and Religious Experience; 3. Maria Pavlou, Past and Present in Pindar's Religious Poetry; 4. Ruth Scodel, Euripides, the Derveni Papyrus, and the Smoke of Many Writings; PART II. GREEK LAW; 5. Michael Gagarin, Writing Sacred Laws in Archaic and Classical Crete; 6. Sarah Hitch, Embedded Speech in the Attic Leges Sacrae 7. Evelyn van 't Wout, From Oath-Swearing to Entrenchment Clause: the Introduction of Atimia-Terminology in Legal Inscriptions8. Rosalind Thomas, 'And you, the Demos, Made an Uproar': Performance, Mass Audiences and Text in the Athenian Democracy; PART III. GREEK & ROMAN RELIGIOUS TEXTS; 9. Christopher Faraone, Hexametrical Incantations as Oral and Written Phenomena; 10. Franco Ferrari, Oral Bricolage and Ritual Context in the Golden Tablets; 11. Mark Alonge, Greek Hymns from Performance to Stone 12. Ana Rodriguez-Mayorgas, Annales Maximi: Writing, Memory, and Religious Performance in the Roman Republic13. Andromache Karanika, Homer the Prophet: Homeric Verses and Divination in the Homeromanteion; 14. Crystal Addey, Assuming the Mantle of the Gods: 'Unknowable Names' and Invocations in Late Antique Theurgic Ritual; PART IV. ROMAN LITERATURE; 15. Niall W. Slater, Plautus the Theologian; 16. Vanessa Berger, Orality in Livy's Representation of the Divine: The Construction of a Polyphonic Narrative; 17. Bé Breij, Dilemmas of Pietas in Roman Declamation; PART V. EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE 18. Akio Ito, Paul the 'Herald' and the 'Teacher': Paul's Self-Images within an Oral Milieu19. James Morrison, Divine Voice, Literary Models, and Human Authority: Peter and Paul in the Early Christian Church; 20. Vincent Hunink, Singing together in Church: Augustine's Psalm against the Donatists; Index of Passages; Index of Subjects
A prevalent view in the current scholarship on ancient religions holds that state religion was primarily performed and transmitted in oral forms, whereas writing came to be associated with secret, private and marginal cults, especially in the Greek world. In Roman times, religions would have become more and more bookish, starting with the Sibylline books and the Annales Maximi of the Roman priests and culminating in the canonical gospels of the Christians. It is the aim of this volume to modify this view or, at least, to challenge it. Surveying the variety of ways in which different types of t.
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Religious literature--Congresses.
Communication--Religious aspects--Congresses.
Littérature religieuse--Congrès.
RELIGION--History.
TRAVEL--Special Interest--Religious.
Communication--Religious aspects
Religion
Religious literature
Griechisch
Latein
Religiöse Literatur
Schriftlichkeit
Mündliche Überlieferung
Alfabetisme.
Verbale communicatie.
Godsdienst.
Klassieke oudheid.
Religion.
Gesprochene Sprache.
Schriftlichkeit.
Heilige Schrift.
Kommunikation--religiösa aspekter--historia--antiken--konferenser.
Religiös litteratur--historia--antiken--konferenser.
Muntlig tradition--Grekland--antiken--konferenser.
Muntlig tradition--Romerska riket--konferenser.
Greece--Religion--Congresses.
Rome--Religion--Congresses.
Grèce--Religion--Congrès.
Rome--Religion--Congrès.
Greece
Rome (Empire)
Orality Literacy
Conference papers and proceedings
Congressen (vorm)
BL785 / .S23 2008eb
200.9182/20901
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Preface; Notes on Contributors; André Lardinois, Josine Blok and Marc van der Poel, Introduction; PART I. GREEK LITERATURE; 1. Elizabeth Minchin, The Words of Gods: Divine Discourse in Homer's Iliad; 2. Fiona Hobden, Enter the Divine: Sympotic Performance and Religious Experience; 3. Maria Pavlou, Past and Present in Pindar's Religious Poetry; 4. Ruth Scodel, Euripides, the Derveni Papyrus, and the Smoke of Many Writings; PART II. GREEK LAW; 5. Michael Gagarin, Writing Sacred Laws in Archaic and Classical Crete; 6. Sarah Hitch, Embedded Speech in the Attic Leges Sacrae 7. Evelyn van 't Wout, From Oath-Swearing to Entrenchment Clause: the Introduction of Atimia-Terminology in Legal Inscriptions8. Rosalind Thomas, 'And you, the Demos, Made an Uproar': Performance, Mass Audiences and Text in the Athenian Democracy; PART III. GREEK & ROMAN RELIGIOUS TEXTS; 9. Christopher Faraone, Hexametrical Incantations as Oral and Written Phenomena; 10. Franco Ferrari, Oral Bricolage and Ritual Context in the Golden Tablets; 11. Mark Alonge, Greek Hymns from Performance to Stone 12. Ana Rodriguez-Mayorgas, Annales Maximi: Writing, Memory, and Religious Performance in the Roman Republic13. Andromache Karanika, Homer the Prophet: Homeric Verses and Divination in the Homeromanteion; 14. Crystal Addey, Assuming the Mantle of the Gods: 'Unknowable Names' and Invocations in Late Antique Theurgic Ritual; PART IV. ROMAN LITERATURE; 15. Niall W. Slater, Plautus the Theologian; 16. Vanessa Berger, Orality in Livy's Representation of the Divine: The Construction of a Polyphonic Narrative; 17. Bé Breij, Dilemmas of Pietas in Roman Declamation; PART V. EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE 18. Akio Ito, Paul the 'Herald' and the 'Teacher': Paul's Self-Images within an Oral Milieu19. James Morrison, Divine Voice, Literary Models, and Human Authority: Peter and Paul in the Early Christian Church; 20. Vincent Hunink, Singing together in Church: Augustine's Psalm against the Donatists; Index of Passages; Index of Subjects
A prevalent view in the current scholarship on ancient religions holds that state religion was primarily performed and transmitted in oral forms, whereas writing came to be associated with secret, private and marginal cults, especially in the Greek world. In Roman times, religions would have become more and more bookish, starting with the Sibylline books and the Annales Maximi of the Roman priests and culminating in the canonical gospels of the Christians. It is the aim of this volume to modify this view or, at least, to challenge it. Surveying the variety of ways in which different types of t.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP17.50 0.
English.
9789004194120 9004194126 9789004214217 9004214216 1283161133 9781283161138 9786613161130 6613161136
10.1163/ej.9789004194120.i-415 doi
GBB137657 bnb
015776865 Uk
Religious literature--Congresses.
Communication--Religious aspects--Congresses.
Littérature religieuse--Congrès.
RELIGION--History.
TRAVEL--Special Interest--Religious.
Communication--Religious aspects
Religion
Religious literature
Griechisch
Latein
Religiöse Literatur
Schriftlichkeit
Mündliche Überlieferung
Alfabetisme.
Verbale communicatie.
Godsdienst.
Klassieke oudheid.
Religion.
Gesprochene Sprache.
Schriftlichkeit.
Heilige Schrift.
Kommunikation--religiösa aspekter--historia--antiken--konferenser.
Religiös litteratur--historia--antiken--konferenser.
Muntlig tradition--Grekland--antiken--konferenser.
Muntlig tradition--Romerska riket--konferenser.
Greece--Religion--Congresses.
Rome--Religion--Congresses.
Grèce--Religion--Congrès.
Rome--Religion--Congrès.
Greece
Rome (Empire)
Orality Literacy
Conference papers and proceedings
Congressen (vorm)
BL785 / .S23 2008eb
200.9182/20901