The letter of Mara bar Sarapion in context [electronic resource] : proceedings of the symposium held at Utrecht University, 10-12 December 2009 / edited by Annette Merz and Teun Tieleman.
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TextSeries: Culture and history of the ancient Near East: v. 58.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 245 p.) : ill., mapsISBN: 9004233008 (hardback : alk. paper); 9004233016 (e-book); 9789004233003 (hardback : alk. paper); 9789004233010 (e-book); 9789004233010 (electronic book)Subject(s): Mara bar Serapion -- Congresses | Consolation in literature -- Congresses | Philosophy, Ancient -- Congresses | Syriac literature -- History and criticism -- Congresses | Commagene -- History -- CongressesDDC classification: 892/.3 LOC classification: PJ5671.M37 | Z76 2012Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | URL | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
General Introduction / Annette B. Merz and Teun L. Tieleman -- Making use of history beyond the Euphrates: political views, cultural traditions, and historical contexts in the letter of Mara bar Sarapion / Michael A. Speidel -- Cultural responses from kingdom to province. The romanisation of Commagene, local identities and the Mara bar Sarapion letter / Miguel John Versluys -- Languages, cultural identities and elites in the land of Mara bar Sarapion / Margherita Facella -- Religious life of Commagene in the late Hellenistic and early Roman period / Michael Blomer -- Jesus as the ever-living lawgiver in the letter of Mara bar Sarapion / Petr Pokorny -- Mara's God(s) and Time / Albert de Jong -- Where is wisdom to be found? A plea in favour of Semitic Influences in the letter of Mara bar Sarapion contents -- Mara bar Sarapion and Greek philosophy / David L. Blank -- The Death(s) of Plato / Anna Ntinti -- Consolation from prison: Mara bar Sarapion and Boethius / Pieter W. van der Horst -- Mara bar Sarapion: comments on the Syriac edition, translation, and notes by David Rensberger.
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