Scriptural Incipits on Amulets from Late Antique Egypt: Text, Typology, and TheoryThe 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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Inhalt
Toward a New Approach to the Scriptural Incipits | 9 |
On the Relation pars pro toto | 20 |
Conclusions | 52 |
The Power of Precedent and Paradigm | 65 |
The Hierarchical View of Scripture and Ritual | 70 |
Other Possible Incipits of Multiunit Corpora | 100 |
Psalmic Incipits | 106 |
Incipits of Other Singleunit Texts | 130 |
Identifying an Incipit | 136 |
Implications | 144 |
A Theory of Incipits of Multiunit Corpora | 150 |
Toward a Theory of Incipits of Singleunit Texts | 165 |
Conclusions | 178 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Scriptural Incipits on Amulets from Late Antique Egypt: Text, Typology, and Theory Band 84 von Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum |
| Autor/in | Joseph E. Sanzo |
| Verlag | Mohr Siebeck, 2014 |
| ISBN | 3161529650, 9783161529658 |
| Länge | 233 Seiten |
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