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Description:The 800 years between the 1st Roman conquests & the Islamic conquest saw a rich, constantly shifting blend of languages & writing systems, legal structures, religious practices & beliefs in the Near East. While different ethnic groups & cultural forms often clashed with each other, adaptation was as much characteristic of the region as conflict. This volume, emphasizing the inscriptions in many languages from the Near East, brings together informative studies by scholars in diverse fields. Together, they reveal how the different languages, peoples & cultures interacted, competed with, tried to ignore or were influenced by each other, & how their relationships evolved over time. It will be of great value to those interested in Greek, Roman & Jewish history & Near Eastern studies. List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsPrefaceList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: documentary evidence, social realities & the history of language/ Fergus MillarThe presence, role & significance of Latin in the epigraphy & culture of the Roman Near East/ Werner EckLatin in cities of the Roman Near East/ Benjamin IsaacEuergetism in Josephus & the epigraphic culture of 1st-century Jerusalem/ Seth SchwartzLegal & social status of threptoi & related categories in narrative & documentary sources/ Marijana RiclRitual performances of divine justice: the epigraphy of confession, atonement & exaltation in Roman Asia Minor/ Angelos ChaniotisContinuity of Nabataean law in the Petra papyri: a methodological exercise/ Hannah M. CottonLanguages & religion in 2nd- to 4th-century Palestine: in search of the impact of Rome/ Nicole BelaycheThe epigraphic habit & the Jewish diasporas of Asia Minor & Syria/ Walter AmelingReligion & language in Dura-Europos/ Ted KaizerOn the margins of culture: the practice of transcription in the ancient world/ Jonathan J. Price, Shlomo NaehEdessene Syriac inscriptions in late antique Syria/ Sebastian BrockSamaritan writing & writings/ Dan BaragThe Jewish magical tradition from late antique Palestine to the Cairo Genizah/ Gideon BohakThe Nabataean connection of the Benei Ḥezir/ Ernst Axel KnaufGreek inscriptions in transition from the Byzantine to the early Islamic period/ Leah Di SegniArab kings, Arab tribes & the beginnings of Arab historical memory in late Roman epigraphy/ Robert G. HoylandGreek, Coptic & the language of the Hijra: the rise & decline of the Coptic language in late antique & medieval Egypt/ Tonio Sebastian RichterWhat remains behind: Hellenism & Romanitas in Christian Egypt after the Arab conquest/ Arietta PapaconstantinouIndexWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with From Hellenism to Islam: Cultural and Linguistic Change in the Roman Near East. To get started finding From Hellenism to Islam: Cultural and Linguistic Change in the Roman Near East, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The 800 years between the 1st Roman conquests & the Islamic conquest saw a rich, constantly shifting blend of languages & writing systems, legal structures, religious practices & beliefs in the Near East. While different ethnic groups & cultural forms often clashed with each other, adaptation was as much characteristic of the region as conflict. This volume, emphasizing the inscriptions in many languages from the Near East, brings together informative studies by scholars in diverse fields. Together, they reveal how the different languages, peoples & cultures interacted, competed with, tried to ignore or were influenced by each other, & how their relationships evolved over time. It will be of great value to those interested in Greek, Roman & Jewish history & Near Eastern studies. List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsPrefaceList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: documentary evidence, social realities & the history of language/ Fergus MillarThe presence, role & significance of Latin in the epigraphy & culture of the Roman Near East/ Werner EckLatin in cities of the Roman Near East/ Benjamin IsaacEuergetism in Josephus & the epigraphic culture of 1st-century Jerusalem/ Seth SchwartzLegal & social status of threptoi & related categories in narrative & documentary sources/ Marijana RiclRitual performances of divine justice: the epigraphy of confession, atonement & exaltation in Roman Asia Minor/ Angelos ChaniotisContinuity of Nabataean law in the Petra papyri: a methodological exercise/ Hannah M. CottonLanguages & religion in 2nd- to 4th-century Palestine: in search of the impact of Rome/ Nicole BelaycheThe epigraphic habit & the Jewish diasporas of Asia Minor & Syria/ Walter AmelingReligion & language in Dura-Europos/ Ted KaizerOn the margins of culture: the practice of transcription in the ancient world/ Jonathan J. Price, Shlomo NaehEdessene Syriac inscriptions in late antique Syria/ Sebastian BrockSamaritan writing & writings/ Dan BaragThe Jewish magical tradition from late antique Palestine to the Cairo Genizah/ Gideon BohakThe Nabataean connection of the Benei Ḥezir/ Ernst Axel KnaufGreek inscriptions in transition from the Byzantine to the early Islamic period/ Leah Di SegniArab kings, Arab tribes & the beginnings of Arab historical memory in late Roman epigraphy/ Robert G. HoylandGreek, Coptic & the language of the Hijra: the rise & decline of the Coptic language in late antique & medieval Egypt/ Tonio Sebastian RichterWhat remains behind: Hellenism & Romanitas in Christian Egypt after the Arab conquest/ Arietta PapaconstantinouIndexWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with From Hellenism to Islam: Cultural and Linguistic Change in the Roman Near East. To get started finding From Hellenism to Islam: Cultural and Linguistic Change in the Roman Near East, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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