商品簡介
A prisoner from the conquest of his hometown, Commagene, Mara wrote to his son from a Roman jail complaining of Roman imperialism but seeking solace should he be executed. His letter survives only in a single manuscript, in Aramaic from the seventh century. It was published with an English translation in 1855 but received little attention throughout the 20th century. Here classicists and religious scholars explore a number of topics relating to it. Among them are the Romanization of Commagene, local identities, and the letter; languages, cultural identities, and elites; Jesus as the ever-living lawgiver; a plea in favor of Semitic influence; Greek philosophy in it; and consolation from prison by Mara and Boethius. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Annette Merz, PhD (2001), is Professor of Culture and Literature of Earliest Christianity at the University of Utrecht. She has published books and articles on the Historical Jesus and on Pauline Pseudepigraphy, including Die fiktive Selbstauslegung des Paulus (2004).Teun Tieleman, PhD (1992), is Reader in Ancient Philosophy at the University of Utrecht. He has published extensively on Stoicism and on ancient medicine, most notably Galen. His monographs include Chrysippus on Affections. Reconstruction and Interpretation (2007).
