Philip C Schmitz
Biographic Data
| ID | 1440464 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip C Schmitz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip C |
| FAMILY NAME | Schmitz |
| SIGNATURE | SCHMITZ P C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eastern Michigan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Punic my c ms and Greek Μαιουμα(ς): A re-examination
My goal in this study is to persuade the reader that the word my c ms is a compound noun with the elements / may / + / yu c mas /. I will endorse the analysis argued by Good that the Punic compound can be explained by reference to the Greek word Μαιουμα(ς), the name of a spring festival. To the cogent objections of critics of the seemingly odd compound implied by this analysis, I offer agreement, but also the further observation that linguistic t…
Überlieferung, Textausgaben, Übersetzungen, Kommentare
Zu Ovids Lebzeiten verstand man unter einem »Buch« (lat. liber/volumen) eine Papyrusrolle (Birt 1882; Bülow-Jacobsen 2009; Johnson 2009; Winsbury 2009). Die Rollen wurden aus Ägypten importiert, wo die Papyrusstaude beheimatet war. Über die Herstellung haben wir nur eine ungenaue Beschreibung von Plinius dem Älteren (Plin. nat. 13, 74–82), aus der jedoch die Grundprinzipien erkennbar sind.
Research Tools
The academic study of the Phoenicians and their civilization began relatively recently, but has quickly generated a large bibliography of important studies. One of the difficulties that learners face is that the historical study of Phoenician civilization must draw on a large number of sources from several different fields of research, not all of which are in regular communication with each other or are widely known to the general readership. Thi…
"Cato Peripateticus" - stoische und peripatetische Ethik im Dialog: Cic. "fin." 3 und der Aristotelismus des ersten Jh. v. Chr. (Xenarchos, Boethos und 'Areios Didymos')
Book 3 of Cicero’s de finibus is generally regarded as an accurate description of Stoic ethics. This study shows that Cicero did not present Stoic orthodoxy but combined it with contemporary peripatetic theory. This has implications for our understanding of Stoa and Peripatos and offers new insights into Cicero’s methods and the philosophical discourse of the 1st century BC
The Phoenician Diaspora: Epigraphic and Historical Studies
The Phoenician Diaspora: Epigraphic and Historical Studies
In this approachable and articulate study, Philip C. Schmitz offers close interpretations of six ancient texts, four previously published Phoenician and Punic inscriptions and two Phoenician inscriptions published for the first time. The author selected the previously known texts because readings of their letters and interpretation of their grammar and syntax are not yet well established. Each of the selected texts stands as an original source co…
The Phoenician Contingent in the Campaign of Psammetichus II Against Kush
Graffiti inscribed on seated figures of Rameses II at Abu Simbel concern participation by Greek, Carian, and Phoenician forces in the Nubian campaign of Psammetichus II in 593 B.C.E. This study considers the major Phoenician graffiti as primary sources. The Phoenician texts do not mention Psammetichus, but do place Amasis in a commanding role. The Phoenician claim to victory comports with the Egyptian claim. The Greek inscriptions illuminate the …
The Owl in Phoenician Mortuary Practice
Recent excavations in the Iron Age necropolis of Tyre (al-Bass district) allow a substantial reconstruction of the Phoenician ritual of cremation burial. Among the faunal remains from Tyre al-Bass Tomb 8 are two talons from a species of owl. The talons had been charred and perhaps boiled before placement with the grave goods. This paper examines ancient Near Eastern and biblical cultural interpretations of the owl and suggests a range of possible…
Archaic Greek Names in a Neo-Assyrian Cuneiform Tablet from Tarsus
Procopius' Phoenician Inscriptions: Never Lost, Not Found
Procopius of Caesarea, a Byzantine writer, claimed to have seen two stelae inscribed with Phoenician letters at Tigisis, in Numidia. His translation of the Phoenician text links these documents with the biblical story of the expulsion of Canaanites by Joshua. Anthony J. Frendo has recently argued that Procopius' account is independently confirmed by the Armenian historian Moses Khorenats'i in a passage that, in Frendo's view, predates Procopius. …
Phoenician-Punic Grammar and Lexicography in the New Millennium
Linguists, Semitists, historians, and biblical scholars will welcome two new research aids by Charles R. Krahmalkov. A specialist in Northwest Semitic languages and epigraphy, the author has produced brief, accessible, and innovative analyses of the Phoenician language and its vocabulary. Since 1970, Krahmalkov has published fundamental studies elucidating Phoenician-Punic grammar and syntax. Transliterated Punic texts are among the least intelli…
Le lamine di Pyrgi: Le bilingue etrusco-fenicia e il problema delle origini etrusche
Reconsidering a Phoenician Inscribed Amulet from the Vicinity of Tyre
A Research Manual on Phoenician and Punic Civilization
La civilisation phenicienne et punique is a truly comprehensive handbook of Phoenician and Punic civilization. Representing the state of scholarship in a relatively new and growing field at the end of the twentieth century, the volume offers surveys and syntheses by respected specialists in language and epigraphy, numismatics, archaeology, art history, religion, and political, economic, and cultural history. It can be expected to serve a generati…
Phönizisch-Punische Grammatik
The Phoenician Text from the Etruscan Sanctuary at Pyrgi
Nouvelle interpretation et nouvelle traduction de la phrase finale du texte phenicien inscrit sur une plaque d'or decouverte dans un sanctuaire etrusque sur le site de l'ancienne Pyrgi (Italie)
The Name "Agrigentum" in a Punic Inscription (CIS I 5510.10)
Sidon (Place)
[Heb ṣîdōn]. SIDONIAN. A city of ancient Phoenicia. The Greek geographer Strabo mentions Sidon as one of the most ancient of the Phoenician cities (16.2.22). Situated on the E Mediterranean coast about 25 miles N of Tyre, Sidon (modern Saida, 33°32' N; 35022' E) was prominent from a very early perio
Reconsidering a Phoenician Inscribed Amulet from the Vicinity of Tyre
The Name "Agrigentum" in a Punic Inscription (CIS I 5510.10)
"Cato Peripateticus" - stoische und peripatetische Ethik im Dialog: Cic. "fin." 3 und der Aristotelismus des ersten Jh. v. Chr. (Xenarchos, Boethos und 'Areios Didymos')
Book 3 of Cicero’s de finibus is generally regarded as an accurate description of Stoic ethics. This study shows that Cicero did not present Stoic orthodoxy but combined it with contemporary peripatetic theory. This has implications for our understanding of Stoa and Peripatos and offers new insights into Cicero’s methods and the philosophical discourse of the 1st century BC
The Phoenician Diaspora: Epigraphic and Historical Studies
In this approachable and articulate study, Philip C. Schmitz offers close interpretations of six ancient texts, four previously published Phoenician and Punic inscriptions and two Phoenician inscriptions published for the first time. The author selected the previously known texts because readings of their letters and interpretation of their grammar and syntax are not yet well established. Each of the selected texts stands as an original source co…
The Phoenician Contingent in the Campaign of Psammetichus II Against Kush
Graffiti inscribed on seated figures of Rameses II at Abu Simbel concern participation by Greek, Carian, and Phoenician forces in the Nubian campaign of Psammetichus II in 593 B.C.E. This study considers the major Phoenician graffiti as primary sources. The Phoenician texts do not mention Psammetichus, but do place Amasis in a commanding role. The Phoenician claim to victory comports with the Egyptian claim. The Greek inscriptions illuminate the …
The Phoenician Text from the Etruscan Sanctuary at Pyrgi
Nouvelle interpretation et nouvelle traduction de la phrase finale du texte phenicien inscrit sur une plaque d'or decouverte dans un sanctuaire etrusque sur le site de l'ancienne Pyrgi (Italie)
The Owl in Phoenician Mortuary Practice
Recent excavations in the Iron Age necropolis of Tyre (al-Bass district) allow a substantial reconstruction of the Phoenician ritual of cremation burial. Among the faunal remains from Tyre al-Bass Tomb 8 are two talons from a species of owl. The talons had been charred and perhaps boiled before placement with the grave goods. This paper examines ancient Near Eastern and biblical cultural interpretations of the owl and suggests a range of possible…
Procopius' Phoenician Inscriptions: Never Lost, Not Found
Procopius of Caesarea, a Byzantine writer, claimed to have seen two stelae inscribed with Phoenician letters at Tigisis, in Numidia. His translation of the Phoenician text links these documents with the biblical story of the expulsion of Canaanites by Joshua. Anthony J. Frendo has recently argued that Procopius' account is independently confirmed by the Armenian historian Moses Khorenats'i in a passage that, in Frendo's view, predates Procopius. …
Sidon (Place)
[Heb ṣîdōn]. SIDONIAN. A city of ancient Phoenicia. The Greek geographer Strabo mentions Sidon as one of the most ancient of the Phoenician cities (16.2.22). Situated on the E Mediterranean coast about 25 miles N of Tyre, Sidon (modern Saida, 33°32' N; 35022' E) was prominent from a very early perio
The Name "Agrigentum" in a Punic Inscription (CIS I 5510.10)
The Phoenician Text from the Etruscan Sanctuary at Pyrgi
Nouvelle interpretation et nouvelle traduction de la phrase finale du texte phenicien inscrit sur une plaque d'or decouverte dans un sanctuaire etrusque sur le site de l'ancienne Pyrgi (Italie)
A Research Manual on Phoenician and Punic Civilization
La civilisation phenicienne et punique is a truly comprehensive handbook of Phoenician and Punic civilization. Representing the state of scholarship in a relatively new and growing field at the end of the twentieth century, the volume offers surveys and syntheses by respected specialists in language and epigraphy, numismatics, archaeology, art history, religion, and political, economic, and cultural history. It can be expected to serve a generati…
Phönizisch-Punische Grammatik
Reconsidering a Phoenician Inscribed Amulet from the Vicinity of Tyre
Le lamine di Pyrgi: Le bilingue etrusco-fenicia e il problema delle origini etrusche
Phoenician-Punic Grammar and Lexicography in the New Millennium
Linguists, Semitists, historians, and biblical scholars will welcome two new research aids by Charles R. Krahmalkov. A specialist in Northwest Semitic languages and epigraphy, the author has produced brief, accessible, and innovative analyses of the Phoenician language and its vocabulary. Since 1970, Krahmalkov has published fundamental studies elucidating Phoenician-Punic grammar and syntax. Transliterated Punic texts are among the least intelli…
Procopius' Phoenician Inscriptions: Never Lost, Not Found
Procopius of Caesarea, a Byzantine writer, claimed to have seen two stelae inscribed with Phoenician letters at Tigisis, in Numidia. His translation of the Phoenician text links these documents with the biblical story of the expulsion of Canaanites by Joshua. Anthony J. Frendo has recently argued that Procopius' account is independently confirmed by the Armenian historian Moses Khorenats'i in a passage that, in Frendo's view, predates Procopius. …
The Owl in Phoenician Mortuary Practice
Recent excavations in the Iron Age necropolis of Tyre (al-Bass district) allow a substantial reconstruction of the Phoenician ritual of cremation burial. Among the faunal remains from Tyre al-Bass Tomb 8 are two talons from a species of owl. The talons had been charred and perhaps boiled before placement with the grave goods. This paper examines ancient Near Eastern and biblical cultural interpretations of the owl and suggests a range of possible…
Archaic Greek Names in a Neo-Assyrian Cuneiform Tablet from Tarsus
The Phoenician Contingent in the Campaign of Psammetichus II Against Kush
Graffiti inscribed on seated figures of Rameses II at Abu Simbel concern participation by Greek, Carian, and Phoenician forces in the Nubian campaign of Psammetichus II in 593 B.C.E. This study considers the major Phoenician graffiti as primary sources. The Phoenician texts do not mention Psammetichus, but do place Amasis in a commanding role. The Phoenician claim to victory comports with the Egyptian claim. The Greek inscriptions illuminate the …
The Phoenician Diaspora: Epigraphic and Historical Studies
The Phoenician Diaspora: Epigraphic and Historical Studies
In this approachable and articulate study, Philip C. Schmitz offers close interpretations of six ancient texts, four previously published Phoenician and Punic inscriptions and two Phoenician inscriptions published for the first time. The author selected the previously known texts because readings of their letters and interpretation of their grammar and syntax are not yet well established. Each of the selected texts stands as an original source co…
"Cato Peripateticus" - stoische und peripatetische Ethik im Dialog: Cic. "fin." 3 und der Aristotelismus des ersten Jh. v. Chr. (Xenarchos, Boethos und 'Areios Didymos')
Book 3 of Cicero’s de finibus is generally regarded as an accurate description of Stoic ethics. This study shows that Cicero did not present Stoic orthodoxy but combined it with contemporary peripatetic theory. This has implications for our understanding of Stoa and Peripatos and offers new insights into Cicero’s methods and the philosophical discourse of the 1st century BC
Research Tools
The academic study of the Phoenicians and their civilization began relatively recently, but has quickly generated a large bibliography of important studies. One of the difficulties that learners face is that the historical study of Phoenician civilization must draw on a large number of sources from several different fields of research, not all of which are in regular communication with each other or are widely known to the general readership. Thi…
Überlieferung, Textausgaben, Übersetzungen, Kommentare
Zu Ovids Lebzeiten verstand man unter einem »Buch« (lat. liber/volumen) eine Papyrusrolle (Birt 1882; Bülow-Jacobsen 2009; Johnson 2009; Winsbury 2009). Die Rollen wurden aus Ägypten importiert, wo die Papyrusstaude beheimatet war. Über die Herstellung haben wir nur eine ungenaue Beschreibung von Plinius dem Älteren (Plin. nat. 13, 74–82), aus der jedoch die Grundprinzipien erkennbar sind.
Punic my c ms and Greek Μαιουμα(ς): A re-examination
My goal in this study is to persuade the reader that the word my c ms is a compound noun with the elements / may / + / yu c mas /. I will endorse the analysis argued by Good that the Punic compound can be explained by reference to the Greek word Μαιουμα(ς), the name of a spring festival. To the cogent objections of critics of the seemingly odd compound implied by this analysis, I offer agreement, but also the further observation that linguistic t…
History (13 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (11 works) · Phoenician (11 works) · Ancient history (10 works) · History (8 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (6 works) · Art (6 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (4 works) · Archaeology (4 works)