True Stories and the Poetics of Textual Discovery

As we know from the Nag Hammadi saga, there is something enchanting about telling find stories. This enchantment is part of the very reason “getting the story straight” is so difficult when it comes to manuscript discoveries: every story worth its salt will be transformed in the telling, and stories...

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Main Author: Mroczek, Eva (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2016]
In: Bulletin for the study of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 45, Issue: 2, Pages: 21-31
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Nag Hammadi Texts / Die Weisheitsschrift aus der Kairoer Geniza / Dead Sea scrolls, Qumran Scrolls / Discovery / Idealization
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
HA Bible
HH Archaeology
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