Markus Asper
Biographic Data
| ID | 5628847 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Markus Asper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Markus |
| FAMILY NAME | Asper |
| SIGNATURE | ASPER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0324-9453 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Jesus Sirach, Jüdisches Gesetz und kosmische Weisheit
This volume offers a bilingual edition of all Hebrew fragments of the early Jewish book of Ben Sira and selected texts of the ancient Greek version of this work. Accompanying essays introduce the reader to the literary and cultural contexts of the book and interpret its ethical and religious topics.
Jesus Sirach, Jüdisches Gesetz und Kosmische Weisheit
Das Buch Jesus Sirach stellt eine gewaltige Synthese weisheitlicher, kultischer, prophetischer, rechtlicher und historiographischer Traditionen des antiken Israel und des frühen Judentums dar. Um 180 v.Chr. in Jerusalem als Lehrbuch verfasst, verbindet sein auf Hebräisch schreibender Autor das jüdische Gesetz mit der kosmischen Weisheit und formuliert Maximen zum gelingenden Leben in der vielfältigen Welt des Hellenismus. Der vorliegende Band prä…
Imagining Empire
Writing Science
Scientific and technological texts have not played a significant role in modern literary criticism. This collection, focusing mostly on medical and mathematical texts from ancient Greece, aims at approaching ancient Greek science from the cross-disciplinary perspective of authorship. Among the questions addressed are: How does scientific writing differ from 'literary' writing? In what ways does the author present himself as an authoritative figur…
(Some) Domains of Metaphor in Hellenistic Literature
Writing Science
Scientific and technological texts have not played a significant role in modern literary criticism. This applies to Classics, too, despite the fact that a large part of the field’s extant texts deal with questions of medicine, mathematics, and natural philosophy. Focusing mostly on medical and mathematical texts, this collection aims at approaching ancient Greek science and its texts from the cross-disciplinary perspective of authorship. Among th…
Making up Progress – in Ancient Greek Science Writing
Writing Science
Narratives in (late-antique) commentary
Explanation between nature and text
"Un personaggio in cerca di lettore
Dimensions of Power
The paper offers a political reading of, mainly, the Aetia and Iambi, arguing that Callimachus creates Ptolemaic dimensions of space and time in these poems. First, many of the places prominently mentioned or described extensively by Callimachus may have had special political relevance for Ptolemaic politics. This seems to be the case with, e.g., Miletus, Athens and Attica, Ceos, Cos, and Rome. Further the Callimachean practice of juxtaposing epi…
Galen and the Rhetoric of Healing (review)
The Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists
Apollonius on Poetry
Gruppen und Dichter
Gruppen und Dichter
Apollonius on Poetry
Galen and the Rhetoric of Healing (review)
The Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists
"Un personaggio in cerca di lettore
Dimensions of Power
The paper offers a political reading of, mainly, the Aetia and Iambi, arguing that Callimachus creates Ptolemaic dimensions of space and time in these poems. First, many of the places prominently mentioned or described extensively by Callimachus may have had special political relevance for Ptolemaic politics. This seems to be the case with, e.g., Miletus, Athens and Attica, Ceos, Cos, and Rome. Further the Callimachean practice of juxtaposing epi…
Writing Science
Scientific and technological texts have not played a significant role in modern literary criticism. This applies to Classics, too, despite the fact that a large part of the field’s extant texts deal with questions of medicine, mathematics, and natural philosophy. Focusing mostly on medical and mathematical texts, this collection aims at approaching ancient Greek science and its texts from the cross-disciplinary perspective of authorship. Among th…
Making up Progress – in Ancient Greek Science Writing
Writing Science
Narratives in (late-antique) commentary
Explanation between nature and text
Writing Science
Scientific and technological texts have not played a significant role in modern literary criticism. This collection, focusing mostly on medical and mathematical texts from ancient Greece, aims at approaching ancient Greek science from the cross-disciplinary perspective of authorship. Among the questions addressed are: How does scientific writing differ from 'literary' writing? In what ways does the author present himself as an authoritative figur…
(Some) Domains of Metaphor in Hellenistic Literature
Imagining Empire
Jesus Sirach, Jüdisches Gesetz und kosmische Weisheit
This volume offers a bilingual edition of all Hebrew fragments of the early Jewish book of Ben Sira and selected texts of the ancient Greek version of this work. Accompanying essays introduce the reader to the literary and cultural contexts of the book and interpret its ethical and religious topics.
Jesus Sirach, Jüdisches Gesetz und Kosmische Weisheit
Das Buch Jesus Sirach stellt eine gewaltige Synthese weisheitlicher, kultischer, prophetischer, rechtlicher und historiographischer Traditionen des antiken Israel und des frühen Judentums dar. Um 180 v.Chr. in Jerusalem als Lehrbuch verfasst, verbindet sein auf Hebräisch schreibender Autor das jüdische Gesetz mit der kosmischen Weisheit und formuliert Maximen zum gelingenden Leben in der vielfältigen Welt des Hellenismus. Der vorliegende Band prä…
Art (10 works) · History (8 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (6 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (6 works) · Literature (6 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (5 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Classics (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works)