Author: Denys Lionel Page
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Category : Greek literature
Languages : en
Pages : 520

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Author: Arthur Surridge Hunt
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 688

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Greek papyri relating to private and public business in Egypt from before 300 BC to the eighth century AD inform us about administration; social and economic conditions in Egypt; Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine law. They also offer glimpses of ordinary life in antiquity.

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Category : Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri)
Languages : en
Pages : 490

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Author: Arthur Surridge Hunt
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 664

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Author: Denys Lionel Page
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Category : Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri)
Languages : en
Pages : 664

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Author: Roger S. Bagnall
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135121456X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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Since its first publication in 1995, Reading Papyri, Writing Ancient History has proved to be an invaluable resource for students of the ancient world looking to integrate papyrological evidence into their research. In the quarter century since its publication, changes in the research environment have affected papyrology like other fields. Although the core philological methods of the field remain in place, the field has increasingly embraced languages other than Greek and Latin, with considerable impact on the Hellenistic and Late Antique periods. Digital tools have increased the ease and speed of access, with profound effects on research choices, and digital imaging and materiality studies have brought questions about the physical form of written materials to the fore. In this fully revised new edition, Bagnall adds to the previous analysis a portrait of how the use of papyri for historical research has developed during recent decades. Updated with the latest research and insights from the author, the volume guides historians in how to use these scattered and often badly damaged documents, and to interpret them in order to create a full and diverse picture of ancient society and culture. This second edition of Reading Papyri, Writing Ancient History continues to offer students and researchers of the ancient world a critical resource in navigating how to use these ancient texts in their research.

Author: Sabine R. Huebner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108470254
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 209

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Explores the socio-economic background of people in the New Testament using papyrological evidence from Roman Egypt.

Author: Porten
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004669078
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 651

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175 documents, spanning more than 3,000 years, from the ancient mounds on the island of Elephantine are translated into English here for the first time. A massive collection of papyri and ostraca, written in many scripts and tongues - including hieratic, demotic, Aramaic, Greek, Latin, Coptic and Arabic.

Author: Hans Dieter Betz
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226044477
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 416

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"The Greek magical papyri" is a collection of magical spells and formulas, hymns, and rituals from Greco-Roman Egypt, dating from the second century B.C. to the fifth century A.D. Containing a fresh translation of the Greek papyri, as well as Coptic and Demotic texts, this new translation has been brought up to date and is now the most comprehensive collection of this literature, and the first ever in English. The Greek Magical Papyri in Transition is an invaluable resource for scholars in a wide variety of fields, from the history of religions to the classical languages and literatures, and it will fascinate those with a general interest in the occult and the history of magic. "One of the major achievements of classical and related scholarship over the last decade."—Ioan P. Culianu, Journal for the Study of Judaism "The enormous value of this new volume lies in the fact that these texts will now be available to a much wider audience of readers, including historians or religion, anthropologists, and psychologists."—John G. Gager, Journal of Religion "[This book] shows care, skill and zest. . . . Any worker in the field will welcome this sterling performance."—Peter Parsons, Times Literary Supplement

Author: William Allen Johnson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 9780802037343
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452

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Close analysis of formal and conventional features of the bookrolls not only provides detailed information on the bookroll industry- but also, in turn, suggests some intriguing questions and provisional answers about the ways in which the use and function of the bookroll among ancient readers may differ from modern or medieval practice.