Posted on 10/29/2010 7:14:34 AM PDT by decimon
A University of Cincinnati-based journal devoted to research on papyri is due out Nov. 1. That research sheds light on an ancient world with surprisingly modern concerns: including hoped-for medical cures, religious confusion and the need for financial safeguards.
Whats old is new again. Thats the lesson that can be taken from the University of Cincinnati-based journal, Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, due out Nov. 1.
The annually produced journal, edited since 2006 by Peter van Minnen, UC associate professor of classics, features the most prestigious global research on papyri, a field of study known as papyrology. (Papyrology is formally known as the study of texts on papyrus and other materials, mainly from ancient Egypt and mainly from the period of Greek and Roman rule.)
Its an area of research that is more difficult than you might think. Thats because it was common among antiquities dealers of the early 20th century to tear papyri pages apart in order to increase the number of pieces they could sell.
Below are five topics treated in the upcoming 2010 volume of the Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists. The five issues resonate with our own concerns today.
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Photos By: Andrew Higley
Papy ‘R Us ping.
When the Feds take over, the American Society of Papyrologists will become the Ministry of Silly Papers.
I’ll bet the old timers were more “concerned” with sex and beer. Human nature never changes.
Yeah, but that's nothing to write home about. ;-)
Back then, I don't think that many people wrote anything and that the few writers wrote sparingly. Just too expensive and time consuming. Money matters would be kept track of.
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