Adams Sean A. (ed.) Scholastic Culture in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras: Greek, Latin, and Jewish

Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2019.
Transmissions: Studies on conditions, processes and dynamics of textual transmission, vol. 2. — 420 p. illus.This volume is a collection of papers presented at ‘Ancient Scholarship: Scholastic Culture in the Hellenistic and Roman Eras’, a conference funded by the British Academy and held at the University of Glasgow, UK on 27 – 28 April 2017.The purpose of this volume is to investigate scholastic culture in the Hellenistic and Roman eras, with a particular focus on ancient book and material culture as well as scholarship beyond Greek authors and the Greek language. Although ancient scholarship is a burgeoning field of study, a majority of investigations have focused primarily (and sometimes exclusively) on Greek scholarship and do not readily engage with the literature and languages of other cultures.Accordingly, one of the major contributions of this work is the inclusion of multiple perspectives and its contributors engage not only with elements of Greek scholastic culture (chapters by Gaëlle Coqueugniot, Myrto Hatzimichali), but also bring Greek ideas into conversation with developing Latin scholarship (see chapters by Eleanor Dickey, Matthew Nicholls, Serena Ammirati, Stephanie Roussou, R.M.A. Marshall) and the perspective of a minority culture (i.e., Jewish authors) (see chapters by Catherine Hezser, Sean A. Adams). This multicultural perspective is an important next step in the discussion of ancient scholarship and this volume provides a starting point for future inquiries.Sean E. Adams currently is a lecturer in New Testament and Ancient Culture, University of Glasgow.