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The focus of this volume is the editio princeps of Papyrus Chester Beatty XVI: "The Apocryphon of Jannes and Jambres", composed in Greek, perhaps as early as the first century. Full commentary accompanies the edited text. An introductory section discusses the numerous references to the two magicians, who appear in Jewish, Christian and Pagan literature as Moses's crafty opponents at the time of Israel's exodus from Egypt. Their exploits are recounted in over half a dozen languages, from the Syriac east to the Latin west and from Egypt's deserts to King Alfred's court. The Apocryphon is placed in its Graeco-Roman context, but is also discussed as a backdrop for the Faust saga of European literature.
| ISBN | 9004099387 | | Pages | 349 | | ISBN13 | 9789004099388
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Brill Academic Publishers | | Weight (grammes) | 808 | | Imprint | BRILL ACADEMIC PUB | | Published in | Leiden | | Format | Hardback | | Series editor | Broek, R.B. van den, Drijvers, H.J.W., Versnel, H.S. | | Publication date | 01 Mar 1994 | | Series ISSN | 119 | | Non-book description | xvii, 349 p., 19 p. of plates : | | Series title | Religions in the Graeco-Roman World S. | | Library of Congress | 94004473 | | Height (mm) | 248 | | DEWEY | 229.91 | | Width (mm) | 164 |
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| | | Preface | | | | | | Abbreviations and sigla | | | | I | | Introduction | | 1 | | 1 | | The Jannes and Jambres legend: the question of origin | | 3 | | 2 | | The evidence of the Damascus Document | | 12 | | 3 | | Development of the traditions | | 24 | | 4 | | The names of the magicians | | 36 | | 5 | | Literary references to a book on Jannes and Jambres | | 43 | | 6 | | The book on Jannes and Jambres | | 48 | | 7 | | Jannes and Jambres and associated literature | | 60 | | 8 | | The codicology of P. Chester Beatty XVI | | 72 | | 9 | | Orthography, language and date of P. Chester Beatty XVI | | 81 | | II | | Papyrus Chester Beatty XVI | | 91 | | III | | Papyrus Vindobonensis Greek 29456 + 29828verso | | 263 | | IV | | Brit. Lib. Cotton Tiberius B.v 87 | | 275 | | V | | Reproductions | | 283 | | | | Bibliography | | 305 | | | | Indices of Greek words | | 315 | | | | Biblical Index | | 325 | | | | Non-Biblical Index | | 331 | | | | Modern Authors Index | | 337 | | | | Subject Index | | 339 |
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