Edfu and the Oriens: On Re-discovering Ancient Egyptian Lore in Two Coptic Apocalypses
The article attempts to examine anew two classical cases of alleged continuity of ancient Egyptian traditions into Coptic Late Antique and its literature. Formal correspondences are sought, possible channels of transmission are surveyed and discussed, the explanatory potential of the identified surv...
| Published in: | Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2016
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| In: |
Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Apocalypticism
/ Coptic language
/ History 500-1006
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KBL Near East and North Africa NBQ Eschatology |
| Further subjects: | B
Coptic Apocalypses
Ancient Egyptian Worldview
Transfer of Knowledge
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| Rights Information: | InC 1.0 |
| Summary: | The article attempts to examine anew two classical cases of alleged continuity of ancient Egyptian traditions into Coptic Late Antique and its literature. Formal correspondences are sought, possible channels of transmission are surveyed and discussed, the explanatory potential of the identified survivals is ascertained. A few concluding remarks on detecting and reconstructing transfers of knowledge in and through literary texts are finally added. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-961X |
| Contains: | In: Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/zac-2016-0007 DOI: 10.15496/publikation-78014 HDL: 10900/136663 |