Scriptural Incipits on Amulets from Late Antique Egypt

Text, Typology, and Theory
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-16-152965-8
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, 219 Seiten, Format (B × H): 233 mm x 157 mm, Gewicht: 365 g

Reihe: Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum /Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity

The use of biblical and parabiblical texts on amulets and other apotropaic objects was ubiquitous in late antique Egypt. Among the passages most frequently cited were the opening lines ( incipits) of the Gospels, the Psalms, and other scriptural texts. Scholars have repeatedly observed the apotropaic use of such incipits, but have yet to subject them to thorough and focused analysis. In the present volume, Joseph E. Sanzo addresses this scholarly need by offering the first sustained study of the scriptural incipits on Greek and Coptic amulets and other apotropaic objects from late antique Egypt. In addition to providing a catalog and edition of these texts, the author draws on insights from cognitive linguistics, ritual studies, and the history of the book to establish a typology of the incipits and to determine their ritual functions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sanzo, Joseph Emanuel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altes Ägypten & Ägyptische Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Sanzo, Joseph Emanuel
Born 1980; 2012 PhD in History, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for the Study of Christianity, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.