Greek Papyri

Greek Papyri
Author: Eric Gardner Turner
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2015-12-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1400877652

Historians, classicists, and archeologists will welcome Professor Turner's lucid introduction to the field of Greek papyrology. The relatively recent rediscovery of Greek (and Latin) texts on papyrus has made possible greatly improved editions of classic works and has provided a deeper understanding of life in classical times. Professor Turner considers papyrus as a writing material, goes on to the problems of excavating for papyri, editing a papyrus text, determining its author and owners, and so on. He discusses the relation of papyri to Greek literature as well as to various types of non-literary documents, and he assesses various contributions papyri have made to ancient history. A list of the principal editions of papyri is included. Originally published in 1968. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Greek Medical Papyri

Greek Medical Papyri
Author: Nicola Reggiani
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2019-09-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 3110536404

The volume collects papers presented at the International Conference "Greek Medical Papyri - Text, Context, Hypertext" held at the University of Parma on November 2-4, 2016, as the final event of the ERC project DIGMEDTEXT, aimed primarily at creating an online textual database of the Greek papyri dealing with medicine. The contributions, authored by outstanding papyrologists and historians of the ancient medicine, deal with a variety of topics focused on the papyrological evidence of ancient medical texts and contexts. The first part, devoted to "medical texts", contains some new reflections on important sources such as the Anonymus Londinensis and the Hippocratic corpus, as well as on specific themes like the pharmacological vocabulary, the official medical reports, the medical care in the Roman army. The second part collects papers about the "doctors' context", providing highlights from broader viewpoints like the analysis of the writing supports, the study of the ostraka from the Eastern Desert, the evidence of inscriptions and philosophical texts. The third part is entirely focused on the DIGMEDTEXT project itself: the team members present some relevant key issues raised by the digitisation of the medical papyri.

The Concepts of the Divine in the Greek Magical Papyri

The Concepts of the Divine in the Greek Magical Papyri
Author: Eleni Pachoumi
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2017-05-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9783161540189

Eleni Pachoumi looks at the concepts of the divine in the Greek magical papyri by way of a careful and detailed analysis of ritual practices and spells. Her aim is to uncover the underlying religious, philosophical and mystical parallelisms and influences on the Greek magical papyri. She starts by examining the religious and philosophical concept of the personal daimon and the union of the individual with his personal daimon through the magico-theurgic ritual of systasis. She then goes on to analyze the religious concept of paredros as the divine "assistant" and the various relationships between paredros, the divine and the individual. To round off, she studies the concept of the divine through the manifold religious and philosophical assimilations mainly between Greek, Egyptian, Hellenized gods and divine abstract concepts of Jewish origins.

Scribal Habits in Early Greek New Testament Papyri

Scribal Habits in Early Greek New Testament Papyri
Author: James Ronald Royse
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 1086
Release: 2008
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004161813

This book investigates the scribal habits of P45, P46, P47, P66, P72, and P75, the six most extensive early New Testament manuscripts. All the singular readings in these six papyri are studied along with all the corrections.

Selections from the Greek Papyri

Selections from the Greek Papyri
Author: George Milligan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2013-12-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107697298

First published in 1912, this book contains the original Greek text of 55 papyri fragments from significant collections.

The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology

The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology
Author: Roger S. Bagnall
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 711
Release: 2011-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199843694

Thousands of documentary and literary texts written on papyri and potsherds, in Egyptian, Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Hebrew, and Persian, have transformed our knowledge of many aspects of life in the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. Here experts provide a comprehensive guide to understanding this ancient documentary evidence.