The letter of Mara bar Sarapion in context : proceedings of the symposium held at Utrecht University, 10-12 December 2009 / edited by Annette Merz and Teun L. Tieleman.

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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Merz, Annette, Tieleman, Teun
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
Series:	Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 58.
Subjects:	Mara bar Serapion > Congresses. Mara bar Serapion Syriac literature > History and criticism > Congresses. Consolation in literature > Congresses. Philosophy, Ancient > Congresses. LITERARY CRITICISM > African. Consolation in literature Philosophy, Ancient Syriac literature Commagene > History > Congresses. Middle East > Commagene Conference papers and proceedings Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
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Table of Contents:

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.

The letter of Mara bar Sarapion in context : proceedings of the symposium held at Utrecht University, 10-12 December 2009 / edited by Annette Merz and Teun L. Tieleman.

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