Reconstructing the Cultural Landscape of Christian Western Thebes: contextualization of literary texts
This article deals with the cultural environment that characterized Western Thebes during the Byzantine era. An attempt will be made to reconstruct some of the cultural features of this specific context by means of a methodology that combines a historical-cultural perspective - that always has archa...
| Published in: | Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Morcelliana
[2020]
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Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Thebes (Ägypten, West)
/ Geographical area
/ Church
/ Christian literature
/ Cultural system
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| RelBib Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KBL Near East and North Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
comunità cristiane
B Methodology B Byzantine Egypt B Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city) B Egitto bizantino B testi letterari B Egyptian antiquities B Manuscripts B Christian Communities B Western Thebes B Egyptian Religion B literary texts B Conservation (Psychology) B Tebe ovest B manoscritti |
| Summary: | This article deals with the cultural environment that characterized Western Thebes during the Byzantine era. An attempt will be made to reconstruct some of the cultural features of this specific context by means of a methodology that combines a historical-cultural perspective - that always has archaeological contexts in mind - with the reasoning on statistical data relating to various aspects concerning the Theban literary manuscripts. What is most interesting is to investigate how the contribution of such a methodology can help in the reconstruction of the different cultural contexts responsible for the production, circulation, and conservation of literary manuscripts in Late Antique Thebes. This, in light of a recently renewed interest in this context that - even if not peripheral - certainly was not so central geographically and culturally in the broader milieu of Christian Egypt. Il presente articolo prende in considerazione l'ambiente culturale che caratterizzò Tebe ovest in epoca bizantina. Si tenterà di ricostruire alcune delle caratteristiche culturali di questo specifico contesto mediante una metodologia che combini una prospettiva storico-culturale - che abbia sempre presenti i contesti archeologici - con il ragionamento sui dati statistici relativi a vari aspetti riguardanti i manoscritti letterari tebani. Ciò che più interessa, è capire in che modo tale metodologia possa contribuire alla ricostruzione dei diversi contesti culturali responsabili della produzione, circolazione e conservazione dei manoscritti letterari nella Tebe tardoantica. Ciò, alla luce del recentemente rinnovato interesse per questo contesto che - benché non periferico - certamente non fu così centrale geograficamente e culturalmente sullo sfondo più ampio dell'Egitto cristiano. [Abstract from author] |
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| ISSN: | 2611-8742 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
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