Scriptural Incipits on Amulets from Late Antique Egypt : Text, Typology, and Theory
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum / Studies and Texts in Antiquity and Christianity
ISBN-10
3161529650
ISBN-13
9783161529658
Publisher
Mohr Siebeck
Imprint
Mohr Siebeck
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 24th, 2014
Print length
233 Pages
Weight
365 grams
Product Classification:
Ancient history: to c 500 CEReligion: generalChurch historyChristian theology
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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.
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