Archäologie eines Textes: Die Menander-Sentenzen in syrischen Spruchsammlungen
The preserved palimpsests give evidence for the presence of the texts of Menander in the Syriac school tradition in Late Antiquity. Two Syriac gnomologies under the name of Menander develop the Hellenistic tradition of combining Greek moral philosophy with Jewish wisdom literature. Thus they reflect...
| Published in: | Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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De Gruyter
2015
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Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Menander 342 BC-291 BC, Sententiae
/ Syriac language
/ Paideia
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KBL Near East and North Africa |
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| Summary: | The preserved palimpsests give evidence for the presence of the texts of Menander in the Syriac school tradition in Late Antiquity. Two Syriac gnomologies under the name of Menander develop the Hellenistic tradition of combining Greek moral philosophy with Jewish wisdom literature. Thus they reflect the process of the Jewish and Christian reception of the Late Antique παιδεία, where the texts of Menander were used for educational purposes. The Syriac collections, like ancient hills in archeology, preserve several cultural strata that come to light through source analysis and could be traced back to the Greek moral philosophy, Jewish wisdom literature, and Christian ascetic writings preserved or written in Syriac |
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| ISSN: | 1612-961X |
| Contains: | In: Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/zac-2015-0010 |