Revealing and Concealing in Antiquity: Textual and Archaeological Approaches to Secrecy
Secrecy and the act of concealing and revealing knowledge effectually segregate the initiated and the uninitiated. The act of sharing or hiding knowledge plays a central role in all human relations private or public, political or religious. This volume explores the concept of secrecy and its implications in Antiquity, Late Antiquity and the Renaissance in eleven cross-disciplinary contributions using both textual and archaeological sources. By exploring the revealing and concealing of knowledge across different social contexts, time frames and geographical locations, the book provides insight into the concept of secrecy and its potential for illuminating the agendas behind identity constructions, political propaganda, literary works, religous practices and shared history.
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Revealing and Concealing in Antiquity: Textual and Archaeological Approaches to Secrecy
Secrecy and the act of concealing and revealing knowledge effectually segregate the initiated and the uninitiated. The act of sharing or hiding knowledge plays a central role in all human relations private or public, political or religious. This volume explores the concept of secrecy and its implications in Antiquity, Late Antiquity and the Renaissance in eleven cross-disciplinary contributions using both textual and archaeological sources. By exploring the revealing and concealing of knowledge across different social contexts, time frames and geographical locations, the book provides insight into the concept of secrecy and its potential for illuminating the agendas behind identity constructions, political propaganda, literary works, religous practices and shared history.
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Revealing and Concealing in Antiquity: Textual and Archaeological Approaches to Secrecy

Revealing and Concealing in Antiquity: Textual and Archaeological Approaches to Secrecy

Revealing and Concealing in Antiquity: Textual and Archaeological Approaches to Secrecy

Revealing and Concealing in Antiquity: Textual and Archaeological Approaches to Secrecy

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Secrecy and the act of concealing and revealing knowledge effectually segregate the initiated and the uninitiated. The act of sharing or hiding knowledge plays a central role in all human relations private or public, political or religious. This volume explores the concept of secrecy and its implications in Antiquity, Late Antiquity and the Renaissance in eleven cross-disciplinary contributions using both textual and archaeological sources. By exploring the revealing and concealing of knowledge across different social contexts, time frames and geographical locations, the book provides insight into the concept of secrecy and its potential for illuminating the agendas behind identity constructions, political propaganda, literary works, religous practices and shared history.

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ISBN-13: 9788771243895
Publisher: Aarhus University Press
Publication date: 06/01/2015
Series: Aarhus Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity , #13
Pages: 202
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Preface Eva Mortensen Sine Grove Saxkjær 7

Introduction 11

Concealing and Revealing in Ancient Greek Religion and Beyond Hugh Bowden 13

Secrecy in Narratives 23

Simmel, the Cycle of Secrecy, and the Socio-Spatial Dimension of Concealing and Revealing in the Gospel of Mark Erin Jeanne Wright 25

Hooked on Concealing: The Descent to Hell in Doctrine and Drama Uffe Holmsgaard Eriksen 39

Remembering or Concealing Mythical and Historical Events in the Cityscape of Early Roman Ephesus Eva Mortensen 53

Writing to Reveal or to Conceal? 75

A Secretive Muse: Hidden References in a Neo-Latin Eclogue Trine Arlund Hass 77

Better to Reveal than to Conceal? Christian Attitudes to Secrecy in the Early Islamic Period Søren Sindberg Jensen 91

Between Public and Private 103

The Secrets of the Funerary Buildings in Palmyra during the Roman Period Signe Krag 105

Lucius lulius Optatus: A Salacious Doctor Revealed? Niels Bargfeldt 119

"The Lord has Bidden Us to Pray in Secret": Reconciling Personal and Collective Identity through 'Secret Prayer' in 3rd-Century Christianity Maria Munkholt Christensen 131

Secrets in the Cultic Sphere 145

Trick or Treat? Secrecy and Performative Space in the Sanctuary of Glycon Neos Asclepius Wiebke Friese 147

The Locrian Pinakes: Revealing Secrets of Cult Practice? Sine Grove Saxkjær 161

Bibliography 179

Index 197

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