Overview

Modern disciplinary silos tend to separate the fields of classical philology and theology. This collection of essays, however, explores for the first time the deep and significant interactions between them. It demonstrates how from antiquity to the present they have marched hand in hand, informing each other with method, views of the past and structures of argument. The volume rewrites the history of discipline formation, and reveals how close the seminar is to the seminary.

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Author:   Catherine Conybeare (Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania) ,  Simon Goldhill (University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9781108494830

ISBN 10:   1108494838
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   17 September 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1. Philology's shadow Catherine Conybeare and Simon Goldhill; 2. Philology's roommate: hermeneutics, antiquity, and the seminar Constanze Güthenke; 3. The union and divorce of classical philology and theology Simon Goldhill; 4. The philology of Judaism: Zacharias Frankel, the septuagint and the Jewish study of ancient Greek in the nineteenth century Theodor Dunkelgrün; 5. Source, original and authentic between philology and theology Irene Peirano Garrison; 6. Whose handmaiden? 'Hellenisation' between philology and theology Renaud Gagné; 7. Julian the Emperor on statues (of himself) Susanna Elm; 8. Boethius in the genres of the book: philology, theology, codicology Mark Vessey; 9. Virgil, creator of the world Catherine Conybeare; 10. Theology's shadow Erik Gunderson.

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'This is a rich and diverse collective volume, which captures the reader's interest and has the merit of putting forward a topic that deserves further attention. … The editors and authors deserve credit for having moved this issue onto the stage and the scholarly agenda. It has led to a volume that challenged my thinking and which informed me. Its richest contribution lies in the collective project as a whole. The book will be most rewarding for the reader who focuses on the first section of five essays and the introductory paper. The message that those contributions put forward deserves to be heard.' Reinhart Ceulemans, Augustiniana

Author Information

Catherine Conybeare is Leslie Clark Professor in the Humanities at Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania. She is an authority on the Latin texts of late antiquity, and is the author of four books, including The Laughter of Sarah: Biblical Exegesis, Feminist Theory, and the Concept of Delight (2013). She is also the editor of a new series for Cambridge University Press, Cultures of Latin from Antiquity to the Enlightenment. Simon Goldhill is Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of King's College. He is one of the best-known writers on Greek literature and cultures, publishing almost twenty books and numerous articles on texts and topics from the whole span of antiquity and its reception. His books have won three international prizes and have been translated into ten languages.

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