Grußformeln als Medium der Polemik in Augustins Briefen
The analysis of salutations is often disregarded because they are said to be later additions of copyists or at least conventional phrases without any content. But the correspondence of Augustine suggests that the bishop himself composed the recorded salutations and that he even added a subtext in ma...
| Published in: | Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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De Gruyter
31.05.2018
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| In: |
Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430, Epistulae
/ Greeting
/ Polemics
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Epistulae
B Polemic B Salutations B Courtesy B Augustine of Hippo B Augustine of Hippo epistulae salutations forms of address polemic courtesy B Forms of address |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Verlag) |
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| Summary: | The analysis of salutations is often disregarded because they are said to be later additions of copyists or at least conventional phrases without any content. But the correspondence of Augustine suggests that the bishop himself composed the recorded salutations and that he even added a subtext in many cases. The survey sheds light on elements, development, and different functions of salutations in order to show that, at least in Augustine’s correspondence, an analysis of the salutations is a valuable resource to describe not only the social differences between sender and recipient, but also the atmosphere, the reason for writing, and the correspondents’ relationship to each other. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 07.06.2018 Online erschienen: 02.06.2018 |
| ISSN: | 1612-961X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/zac-2018-0014 |