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Religion and Apuleius' Golden Ass

- The Sacred Ass
Af: Warren S. Smith Engelsk Paperback

Religion and Apuleius' Golden Ass

- The Sacred Ass
Af: Warren S. Smith Engelsk Paperback
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This volume examines Apuleius’ comic donkey novel, The Golden Ass, within the context of the popular beliefs and Jewish and Christian writings that were part of the intellectual culture of his own day in 2nd century C.E. North Africa, a culture which can also be glimpsed in some early Arabic writings.

The novel was written against a cultural and religious background in which the donkey had various connotations, both positive and negative, but tended to be admired in Jewish, Christian, and later, in Muslim writings. Smith explores the influence of such popular opinions on The Golden Ass and how Apuleius presented Isis and Osiris as desirable alternatives to the claims of both Christianity and magic, offering hope of spiritual renewal partly modelled on contemporary religious apocalyptic literature. Complemented by images of contemporary art, including amulets and terra cotta figures, this volume gives readers a better understanding of how Apuleius, ostensibly a Platonist and member of the Roman establishment, could maintain an intellectual independence in a North African milieu while still drawing on hope in the salvation of the gods.

Religion and Apuleius’ Golden Ass provides a fascinating new approach to this much disputed novel, of interest not only to students and scholars of Apuleius and Roman literature, but also scholars interested in Christian and Jewish literature and beliefs of the early centuries of the first millennium C.E.

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This volume examines Apuleius’ comic donkey novel, The Golden Ass, within the context of the popular beliefs and Jewish and Christian writings that were part of the intellectual culture of his own day in 2nd century C.E. North Africa, a culture which can also be glimpsed in some early Arabic writings.

The novel was written against a cultural and religious background in which the donkey had various connotations, both positive and negative, but tended to be admired in Jewish, Christian, and later, in Muslim writings. Smith explores the influence of such popular opinions on The Golden Ass and how Apuleius presented Isis and Osiris as desirable alternatives to the claims of both Christianity and magic, offering hope of spiritual renewal partly modelled on contemporary religious apocalyptic literature. Complemented by images of contemporary art, including amulets and terra cotta figures, this volume gives readers a better understanding of how Apuleius, ostensibly a Platonist and member of the Roman establishment, could maintain an intellectual independence in a North African milieu while still drawing on hope in the salvation of the gods.

Religion and Apuleius’ Golden Ass provides a fascinating new approach to this much disputed novel, of interest not only to students and scholars of Apuleius and Roman literature, but also scholars interested in Christian and Jewish literature and beliefs of the early centuries of the first millennium C.E.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 194
ISBN-13: 9781032192826
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1032192828
Kategori: Religionshistorie
Udg. Dato: 28 okt 2024
Længde: 16mm
Bredde: 234mm
Højde: 156mm
Forlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oplagsdato: 28 okt 2024
Forfatter(e): Warren S. Smith
Forfatter(e) Warren S. Smith

Kategori Religionshistorie

ISBN-13 9781032192826

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 194

Udgave

Længde 16mm

Bredde 234mm

Højde 156mm

Udg. Dato 28 okt 2024

Oplagsdato 28 okt 2024

Forlag Taylor & Francis Ltd