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Collecting practices and opisthographic collections in Qumran and Herculaneum / Ayhan Aksu.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aksu, Ayhan, 1988- author.
- Series:
- Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 149.
- Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, 0169-9962 ; 149
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dead Sea scrolls.
- Manuscripts--Mediterranean Region--History--To 1500.
- Manuscripts.
- Transmission of texts--Mediterranean Region--History--To 1500.
- Transmission of texts.
- Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri)--Italy--Herculaneum (Extinct city).
- Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri).
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 273 pages; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]
- Summary:
- "In Collecting Practices and Opisthographic Collections in Qumran and Herculaneum, Ayhan Aksu offers a new perspective on practices of collection in both the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Herculaneum papyri. This study focuses on the intriguing question how ancient scribes and scholars used manuscripts to bring different texts in conversation with each other. Central to Aksu's approach are opisthographic manuscripts - scrolls that contain text on both the front and back side. Comparative research of the rich papyrus collection from Herculaneum reveals that scribes across various regions of the Mediterranean developed dynamic approaches to engage with their texts"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part 1. The material variety of the Qumran opisthographs
- Opisthographic practices in the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Five literary opisthographs from Qumran
- The palaeography of the literary opisthographs
- Concluding remarks to part 1
- Part 2. Literary diversity and the opisthograph 4Q509/4Q496/4Q506: a case study
- 4Q509/4Q496/4Q506 : three compositions and the question of classification
- Opisthograph 4Q509/4Q496/4Q506 and the question of textual and literary diversity
- Part 3. Collections and textual diversity : Graeco-Roman evidence and the Villa of the Papyri
- Conceptualizing collections in literary and papyrological sources
- The Villa of the Papyri and Graeco-Roman practices of collection
- Comparing the Villa-Papyri and the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Conclusion
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-257) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Aksu, Ayhan. Collecting practices and opisthographic collections in Qumran and Herculaneum
- ISBN:
- 9789004716230
- 9004716238
- OCLC:
- 1478244799
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