Orality, Literacy, and Colonialism in Antiquity
Essays in this collection explore the complex relationship between text and orality in colonial situations of antiquity from Homer, Plato, and Mithras to the Hebrew and Christian scriptures and rabbinic tradition. Orality could be a deliberate decision by highly literate people who chose not to put certain things in writing, either to exercise control over the tradition or to preserve the secrecy of ritual performance. Exploring both theoretical issues and historical questions, the book demonstrates the role of text as a form of imperial control over against oral tradition as a means of resistance by the marginalized peasantry or marginalized…
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- ISBN: 978-90-04-13043-2
- EAN: 9789004130432
- Produktnummer: 2430753
- Verlag: Brill Academic Pub
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Masse: H24.6 cm x B16.4 cm x D2.2 cm 585 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 47
- Gewicht: 585
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