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Memory in Jewish, Pagan and Christian Societies of the Graeco-Roman World Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Mendels, Doron (Author), Grabbe, Lester L. (Editor)
ISBN: 0567080544     ISBN-13: 9780567080547
Publisher: T&T Clark
OUR PRICE:   $173.25  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2004
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Annotation: The ten studies in this book explore the phenomenon of public memory in societies of the Graeco-Roman period. Mendels begins with a concise discussion of the historical canon that emerged in Late Antiquity and brought with it the (distorted) memory of ancient history in Western culture. The following nine chapters each focus on a different source of collective memory in order to demonstrate the patchy and incomplete associations ancient societies had with their past, including discussions of Plato's Politeia, a ?site of memory? of the early church, and the dichotomy existing between the reality of the land of Israel in the Second Temple period and memories of it.
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Studies - General
- History | Ancient - Rome
Dewey: 937.600
LCCN: 2004275417
Series: Library of Second Temple Studies
Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.18" W x 9.12" (0.63 lbs) 184 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region - Italy
 
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The ten studies in this book explore the phenomenon of public memory in societies of the Graeco-Roman period. Mendels begins with a concise discussion of the historical canon that emerged in Late Antiquity and brought with it the (distorted) memory of ancient history in Western culture. The following nine chapters each focus on a different source of collective memory in order to demonstrate the patchy and incomplete associations ancient societies had with their past, including discussions of Plato's Politeia, a site of memory of the early church, and the dichotomy existing between the reality of the land of Israel in the Second Temple period and memories of it.

Throughout the book, Mendels shows that since the societies of Antiquity had associations with only bits and pieces of their past, these associations could be slippery and problematic, constantly changing, multiplying and submerging. Memories, true and false, oral and inscribed, provide good evidence for this fluidity.