Wisdom in the Funerary Inscription of Demas at Leontopolis: A Lexical Analysis of σοφία in Hellenistic Jewish Sources
A Hellenistic epitaph from Leontopolis (JIGRE 30; IM 14; CPJud 1490) describes its owner Demas as having helped many by his “wisdom”: σο̣φ̣[...], usually reconstructed as σο̣φ̣[ίαι]. However, the inscription is silent about Demas’ occupation: debated as scribe, physician, or magistrate. This article...
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2021
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Henoch
Year: 2021, Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 259-277 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Tell el-Yahudiya
/ Wisdom
/ Greek language
/ Sophia
/ Inscription
/ Grave
/ Hellenistic Jews
/ Scribe
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| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Epigraphy
B Wisdom B Lexicography B Hellenistic Judaism B Leontopolis (Tell el-Yahoudiya) |
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