Problems of Canonicity and Identity Formation in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
- ISBN-10
- 8763543729
- ISBN-13
- 9788763543729
- Category
- Assyro-Babylonian literature
- Pages
- 357
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-04-24
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press
- Authors
- Kim Ryholt, Gojko Barjamovic
Description
The term ‘canonicity’ implies the recognition that the domain of literature and of the library is also a cultural and political one, related to various forms of identity formation, maintenance, and change. Scribes and benefactors ‘create’ canon in as much as they teach, analyze, preserve, prom¬ulgate and change ‘canonical’ texts according to prevailing norms. From early on, texts from the written traditions of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt were accumulated, codified, and to some extent canonized, as various collections developed mainly in the environment of the temple and the palace. These written traditions represent sets of formal and informal cultures that all speak in their own ways of canonicity, normativity, and other forms of cultural expertise. Some forms of literature were used not only in scholarly contexts, but also in political ones, and they served purposes of identity formation. This volume addresses the interrelations between various forms of ‘canon’ and identity formation in different time periods, genres, regions, and contexts, as well as the application of contemporary conceptions of ‘canon’ to ancient texts.
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