The Letter of Mara bar Sarapion in Context ：Proceedings of the Symposium Held at Utrecht University, 10-12 December 2009 ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：Proceedings of the Symposium Held at Utrecht University, 10-12 December 2009

Publication series ：1

Author： Merz Annette;Tieleman Teun L

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2012

E-ISBN: 9789004233010

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004233003

P-ISBN(Hardback): 9789004233003

Subject： K1 World History

Keyword：欧洲史

Language： ENG

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Description

In The Letter of Mara bar Sarapion in Context Merz and Tieleman present an interdisciplinary collection of studies examining an intriguing yet neglected Syriac letter and its historical context.

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Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Maps

Contributors

General Introduction

Making Use of History Beyond the Euphrates: Political Views, Cultural Traditions, and Historical Contexts in the Letter of Mara bar Sarapion

Cultural Responses from Kingdom to Province: The Romanisation of Commagene, Local Identities and the Mara bar Sarapion Letter

Languages, Cultural Identities and Elites in The Land of Mara bar Sarapion

Religious Life of Commagene in the Late Hellenistic and Early Roman Period

Jesus as the Ever-Living Lawgiver in the Letter of Mara bar Sarapion

Mara’s God(s) and Time

Where is Wisdom to be Found? A Plea in Favor of Semitic Influences in the Letter of Mara bar Sarapion

Mara bar Sarapion and Greek Philosophy

The Death(s) of Plato

Consolation from Prison: Mara bar Sarapion and Boethius

Mara bar Sarapion: Coments on the Syriac Edition, Translation, and Notes by David Rensberger

Index of Names and Subjects

Index of Ancient Sources