This work gathers papers from a December 2017 international conference, "A Question of Identity: Formation, Transition, Negotiation," hosted by the Mandel
Scholion Center.
This volume, the proceedings of a May 2011 conference at the
Scholion Interdisciplinary Center for Humanities and Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, brings together essays by scholars at the vanguard of an emerging interest in the intellectual interactions between Babylonians, Iranians, and descendants of the Judean population exiled to Babylonia in the early sixth century BCE.
Though we are not completely certain when they began to be circulated, the texts taught and studied in monasteries such as Beit Abhe in the ninth century included the likes of Theodore bar Koni's
Scholion, Ammar al-Basri's Book of Questions and Answers, and the letters of Timothy.
An answer to Penelopes question would be anything but [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII], whether construed as "trivial," "empty," "without purpose," or "ineffectual." Knowing that Odysseus is safe would shatter Penelope's defining uncertainty and change the entire second half of the epic, as the PQ
scholion ad 4.796 astutely notes.
"petit tractatus periegeta taccuino
scholion al <<de tanautologia hominis>>" Quaderno 2 (marzo-aprile 1962): 12.
The topics include the Adamic creation tradition in the 17th Demonstration of Aphrahat, the exegesis of Exodus by Ephrem the Syrian, the Book of Revelation in Orthodox lectionary traditions, Ezekiel's temple and Mary's virginity as illustrations of a peculiar strand in Eastern Orthodox interpretations of Old Testament sanctuary motifs, ascetic exegesis in Shenoute's Abraham Our Father, and a medieval Armenian
Scholion on the Catholic epistles.
Amos Goldberg is a fellow at the
Scholion Institute of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and a member of the Children of Abraham peace organization.
And, for those students who want to challenge their skills or take a peek at what Latin studies at the university level might look like, the book offers a few heftier papers (such as the one about a rediscovered letter of Philip Rubens or about a
scholion of Kant's which counters Leibniz's thinking).
del 3, 1 sg.) che poi Montaigne recepisce (Apologie a Raimond Sebond 2, 12), che piu tardi il Mai riporta, nella sua edizione (1822) nello
Scholion al libro terzo del de re publica ciceroniano, edizione commentata, subito appena uscita, dalle note filologiche del Leopardi.