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...
| Publié dans: | Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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De Gruyter
2016
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Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
Année: 2016, Volume: 20, Numéro: 1, Pages: 127-146 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Apocalyptique
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/ Histoire 500-1006
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| Classifications IxTheo: | KAB Christianisme primitif KBL Proche-Orient et Afrique du Nord NBQ Eschatologie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Coptic Apocalypses
Ancient Egyptian Worldview
Transfer of Knowledge
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| Informations sur les droits: | InC 1.0 |
| Résumé: | 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 |
| Contient: | 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 |