New Testament Texts on Greek Amulets from Late Antiquity and Their Relevance for Textual Criticism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook New Testament Texts on Greek Amulets from Late Antiquity and Their Relevance for Textual Criticism write by Brice C. Jones. This book was released on 2015. New Testament Texts on Greek Amulets from Late Antiquity and Their Relevance for Textual Criticism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This dissertation examines New Testament citations on all Greek papyrus and parchment amulets from late antique Egypt. Since New Testament textual criticism does not allow for the inclusion of non-continuous manuscripts (of which amulets are a part) in the official catalogue of manuscripts, a large body of textual evidence has fallen outside the purview of scholars. This dissertation, which constitutes the first systematic treatment of non-continuous manuscripts, seeks to remedy the situation in part by determining the ways in which New Testament texts on amulets may be useful for textual criticism. This dissertation has three main objectives. The first objective is to define more closely the categories of continuous and non-continuous by formulating criteria for the identification of the latter. The second objective is to propose a method for analyzing the texts of non-continuous artifacts in terms of their text-critical value. The third objective is to establish a comprehensive database of one category of non-continuous artifacts (amulets) and provide a detailed analysis of both their texts and containers (i.e., physical manuscripts). By analyzing a largely untapped source of New Testament textual data, this project contributes to a methodological question in textual criticism concerning its categories and provides a wealth of source material for the study of the reception of the Bible in early Christianity. Thus, while the study is targeted at textual critics, it contributes to a conversation about early Christianity that is much larger than the project, as these texts demonstrate the various ways in which early Christians used scripture.
New Testament Texts on Greek Amulets from Late Antiquity
New Testament Texts on Greek Amulets from Late Antiquity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook New Testament Texts on Greek Amulets from Late Antiquity write by Brice C. Jones. This book was released on 2016-03-24. New Testament Texts on Greek Amulets from Late Antiquity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Brice C. Jones presents a comprehensive analysis of Greek amulets from late antique Egypt which contain New Testament citations. He evaluates the words they contain in terms of their text-critical value. The use of New Testament texts on amulets was common in late antiquity. These citations were extracted from their larger Biblical contexts and used for ritual purposes that have traditionally been understood in terms of the ambiguous category of 'magic'. Often, these citations were used to invoke the divine for some favour, healing or protection. For various reasons, however, these citations have not played a significant role in the study of the text of the Greek New Testament. As such, this is the first systematic treatment of Greek New Testament citations on amulets from late antique Egypt. Jones' work has real implications for how amulets and other such witnesses from this era should be treated in the future of the discipline of New Testament textual criticism.
Scriptural Incipits on Amulets from Late Antique Egypt
Scriptural Incipits on Amulets from Late Antique Egypt - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Scriptural Incipits on Amulets from Late Antique Egypt write by Joseph E. Sanzo. This book was released on 2014-02-24. Scriptural Incipits on Amulets from Late Antique Egypt available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral - Los Angeles) under the title: In the beginnings: the apotropaic use of scriptural incipits in late antique Egypt.
Making Amulets Christian
Making Amulets Christian - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Making Amulets Christian write by Theodore De Bruyn. This book was released on 2017. Making Amulets Christian available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Making Amulets Christian: Artefacts, Scribes, and Contexts examines Greek amulets with Christian elements from late antique Egypt in order to discern the processes whereby a customary practice--the writing of incantations on amulets--changed in an increasingly Christian context. It considers how the formulation of incantations and amulets changed as the Christian church became the prevailing religious institution in Egypt in the last centuries of the Roman empire. Theodore de Bruyn investigates what we can learn from incantations and amulets containing Christian elements about the cultural and social location of the people who wrote them. He shows how incantations and amulets were indebted to rituals or ritualizing behavior of Christians. This study analyzes different types of amulets and the ways in which they incorporate Christian elements. By comparing the formulation and writing of individual amulets that are similar to one another, one can observe differences in the culture of the scribes of these materials. It argues for 'conditioned individuality' in the production of amulets. On the one hand, amulets manifest qualities that reflect the training and culture of the individual writer. On the other hand, amulets reveal that individual writers were shaped, whether consciously or inadvertently, by the resources they drew upon-by what is called 'tradition' in the field of religious studies.
Papyri Copticae Magicae
Papyri Copticae Magicae - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Papyri Copticae Magicae write by Korshi Dosoo. This book was released on 2023-11-06. Papyri Copticae Magicae available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume is the first in a new series of editions of Coptic-language "magical" manuscripts from Egypt, written on papyrus, ostraca, parchment, and paper, and dating to between the fourth and twelfth centuries CE. Their texts attest to non-institutional rituals intended to bring about changes in the lives of those who used them – heal disease, curse enemies, bring about love or hatred, or see into the future. These manuscripts represent rich sources of information on daily life and lived religion of Egypt in the last centuries of Roman rule and the first centuries after the Arab conquest, giving us glimpses of the hopes and fears of people of this time, their conflicts and problems, and their vision of the human and superhuman worlds. This volume presents 37 new editions and descriptions of manuscripts, focusing on formularies or "handbooks", those texts containing instructions for the performance of rituals. Each of these is accompanied by a history of its acquisition, a material description, and presented with facing text and translations, tracings of accompanying images, and explanatory notes to aid in understanding the text.
