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Problems of Canonicity and Identity Formation in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia (Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications)
Kim (Ed) Ryholt
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Hardcover. Editor(s): Ryholt, Kim; Barjamovic, Gojko. Num Pages: 357 pages, 11 b/w illus, 1 colour plate & 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 1QDAM; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 174 x 31. Weight in Grams: 950.
The term canonicity implies the recognition that the domain of literature and of the library is also a cultural and political one, related to various forms of identity formation, maintenance, and change. Scribes and benefactors create canon in as much as they teach, analyse, preserve, promulgate and change canonical texts according to prevailing norms. From early on, texts from the written traditions of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt were accumulated, codified, and to some extent canonised, as various collections developed mainly in the environment of the temple and the palace. These written traditions represent sets of formal and informal cultures that ... Read more
The term canonicity implies the recognition that the domain of literature and of the library is also a cultural and political one, related to various forms of identity formation, maintenance, and change. Scribes and benefactors create canon in as much as they teach, analyse, preserve, promulgate and change canonical texts according to prevailing norms. From early on, texts from the written traditions of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt were accumulated, codified, and to some extent canonised, as various collections developed mainly in the environment of the temple and the palace. These written traditions represent sets of formal and informal cultures that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
949g
Number of Pages
357
Place of Publication
Copenhagen, Denmark
ISBN
9788763543729
SKU
V9788763543729
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About Kim (Ed) Ryholt
Kim Ryholt is professor of Egyptology in the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, Carsten Niebuhr Department, at the University of Copenhagen. Gojko Barjamovic is lecturer in Assyriology at the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University. He has written, edited or co-authored several books, including A Historical Geography of Anatolia in the Old Assyrian Colony ... Read more
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