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Uses and Misuses of Ancient Mediterranean Sources [electronic resource] : Erudition, Authority, Manipulation

Author
Meccariello, Chiara
Published
Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2023.
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1 online resource (361 pages).
Additional Creators
Singletary, Jennifer
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Contents
Cover -- Title -- Table of Contents -- Chiara Meccariello and Jennifer Singletary -- Introduction -- Section A. Preserving, Archiving, and Detecting Sources -- Marie Young and Tonio Mitto -- In Search of Former Kings: Copying Sîn-kāšid's and Sîn-iddinam's Inscriptions in the Neo- and Late Babylonian Periods -- Laura Carlson Hasler -- Citation, Collection, and the Protection of Memory in 2 Maccabees -- Georgios Vassiliades -- Livy and the Legends of Rome's Foundation: A "Double Standard" Approach, Nereida Villagra -- Source Citations in the Scholia to the Odyssey: References, Subscriptions, and the Mythographus Homericus -- So Miyagawa and Heike Behlmer -- Quotative Index Phrases in Shenoute's Canon 6: A Case Study of Quotations from the Psalms -- Section B. Authority, Divinity, and Power -- Carlos Gracia Zamacona -- Divine Words in the Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts (c. 2000-1500 BCE) -- Gina Konstantopoulos -- "These Are of the Mouth of Ea": The Divine Origin of Incantations and the Legitimation of the Exorcist's Craft, Szilvia Sövegjártó -- Source Texts as Authority Constructions: A Conceptual Approach to the Old Babylonian Literary Discourse -- Ilaria Andolfi -- A Writing Hard to Wash Out: A Reassessment of the Story about Acusilaus and his Bronze Tablets -- Francesca Boldrer -- Sacra ... canam: Propertius's Aetiological-Religious Poetry and His Use of Sources -- Section C. Manipulating and Adapting Sources: Ancient to Modern -- Michael Chen -- Adapting Ancient Egyptian Healing Spells onto Late Period Statuary -- David P. Wright -- The Covenant Code Narrative: Neo-Assyrian Influences and Context, and Mathias Winkler -- The Book of Proverbs: Sources Become Invisible -- Przemysław Piwowarczyk -- Using the Scriptures in Documentary Letters from Western Thebes -- Silvia Gabrieli -- Enuma Elish: A Glorious Past and a Curious Present -- Dustin Nash -- Assyriology and the Allosaurus: Sources, Symbols, and Memory at the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter -- Biographical notes -- Index of Ancient Authors, Texts and Written Artifacts
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9783161600128
3161600126
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Description based upon print version of record.
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611 Open MRI Libraries Collections Endowment in the Classics in Honor of Sue and Joe Paterno
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