Sunday, February 26, 2023

Meccariello & Singletary (eds.) Uses and Misuses of Ancient Mediterranean Sources (Mohr Siebeck)

NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: Uses and Misuses of Ancient Mediterranean Sources. Erudition, Authority, Manipulation. Edited by Chiara Meccariello and Jennifer Singletary. Studies in Education and Religion in Ancient and Pre-Modern History in the Mediterranean and Its Environs 12. 69,00 € including VAT. hardcover ISBN 978-3-16-159943-9.
Published in English.
This interdisciplinary collection of essays explores the use and manipulation of ancient textual sources from different settings across the ancient Mediterranean as a key to understanding the dissemination of religious and mythological knowledge in different historical contexts. In a series of case studies focusing on texts and artifacts from ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Israel, Greece, and Rome, and their ancient as well as modern reuse, this volume displays multiple approaches to and perspectives on strategies of incorporation of derivative materials in antiquity and beyond.

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