The Aramaic Uzziah Inscription and the Syntax of an Ancient Forgery
Upon scrutiny, the accepted historical contextualization of the famous Uzziah Epitaph (IM 65.56.38 = CIIP 602) is revealed to be full of difficulties. While Garbini’s argument that the artefact is a modern fake is unconvincing, good reasons exist to explore it instead as an ancient forgery. The pres...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
Year: 2024, Volume: 55, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 518-549 |
| Further subjects: | B
Tombs
B Tourism B Uzziah inscription B fakes B staged authenticity B Pausanias |
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| Summary: | Upon scrutiny, the accepted historical contextualization of the famous Uzziah Epitaph (IM 65.56.38 = CIIP 602) is revealed to be full of difficulties. While Garbini’s argument that the artefact is a modern fake is unconvincing, good reasons exist to explore it instead as an ancient forgery. The present article accordingly explores an alternative understanding of the inscription as the product of a hellenized fashion for the sight-seeing of celebrity tombs and an emergent culture of “biblical tourism” in Judea. From this perspective the “staged authenticity” of the epitaph is analyzed through the socio-rhetorical function of the object as understood and experienced within this context. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0631 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700631-bja10092 |