Monika Amsler
Biographic Data
| ID | 8530370 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Monika Amsler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Monika |
| FAMILY NAME | Amsler |
| SIGNATURE | AMSLER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bern |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9991-1191 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Introduction
Can nature be interpreted like a book?The expression "book of nature" appears first in Augustine's writing and develops in the Middle Ages into a theology of the readability of nature.Augustine himself uses the metaphor in a rather nonchalant way, but not as a standing expression.He speaks of "the book of created nature (magnus liber ipsa species creaturae).Look carefully at it top and bottom, observe it, read it.God did not make letters of ink f…
Late Antique Art and Paradoxography
The last decade saw the excavation of a monumental late antique synagogue in the Galilean village of Huqoq. In addition to the unexpected size, scholars remain baffled by the unearthed mosaic panels that covered the synagogue’s floor. Although several panels are damaged beyond recognition, a considerable number endured the ravages of time and are preserved well enough to allow analysis or reconstruction due to labels or otherwise obvious links to…
Introduction
What Is Intertextuality Made Of
This review article predominantly focuses on the way intertextuality is addressed in The Literature of the Sages: A Re-visioning. A significant and informative portion of the work is dedicated to intertextuality, including a comprehensive history of the respective scholarship in the study of rabbinic texts. Indeed, rabbinic texts are full of intertextuality in terms of parallels, implicit or explicit referentiality, quotes, allusions, or simply s…
The Babylonian Talmud and Late Antique Book Culture
In this book, Monika Amsler explores the historical contexts in which the Babylonian Talmud was formed in an effort to determine whether it was the result of oral transmission. Scholars have posited that the rulings and stories we find in the Talmud were passed on from one generation to the next, each generation adding their opinions and interpretations of a given subject. Yet, such an oral formation process is unheard of in late antiquity. Moreo…
Eingegangene Bücher
Knowledge Construction in Late Antiquity
Social Studies of the sciences have long analyzed and exposed the constructed nature of knowledge. Pioneering studies of knowledge production in laboratories (e.g., Latour/Woolgar 1979; Knorr-Cetina 1981) have identified factors that affect processes that lead to the generation of scientific data and their subsequent interpretation, such as money, training and curriculum, location and infrastructure, biography-based knowledge and talent, and chan…
Kritisches und queeres Denken als Denk-, Arbeits- und Handlungsweise in der Religionskunde
Das Konzept von Religion als einem universellen Phänomen wurde in den letzten Jahren stark für den ihm zugrunde liegenden Eurozentrismus kritisiert, der gleichermassen Teil der akademischen Kategorie „Religion“ sei. Ebenso sei die Kategorienbildung nach Weltreligionen (und das daraus resultierende Paradigma) ein Produkt des Kolonialismus und diene einzig dazu, die westliche, weisse Hegemonie aufrecht zu erhalten. Diese postmoderne Kritik mag zuwe…
Function and Aesthetics of Talmudic Medical Recipes
The present article investigates possible practical and intellectual contexts of talmudic medical recipes, and especially the ones that introduce therapies with a verb, such as “bring XY.” According to my count, there are 47 such recipes disseminated over the Talmud, and most of them likely stem from the same source, a treatise of simple remedies. These recipes often provide multiple therapies, a feature that has caused scholars to doubt their ef…
Voces magicae and Imperial / Late-Antique World-Making. Part 2
La première partie de cette étude abordait les prémisses rationnelles et logiques sous-jacentes à l’utilisation de termes inintelligibles, ou voces magicae , dans le but de modifier un système (physique ou social) en crise, une pratique qui connut un essor important à l’époque impériale. Cette première partie concluait que, dans le sillage d’une tradition ancienne caractérisée par l’emploi de mots comme remèdes dans les carmina , les prières ou l…
Voces Magicae and Imperial / Late-Antique World-Making. Part 1
Il s’agit ici de la première partie d’une étude visant à situer le pouvoir de persuasion des voces magicae tardo-antiques dans le cadre de référence intellectuel de l’époque impériale romaine. Ce premier article examinera les prémisses logiques de manière plus générale ; le second article replacera dans leur contexte les méthodes employées par les dits voces magicae pour séparer lettres et mots de leur usage général, et l’origine de ces méthodes.…
How Could Religion Become A Category ? Accounting for Classical and Fuzzy Logic in the Conceptualization of Religion
The Study of Religion faces continuous challenges regarding the comparative nature of the term «religion » . So far, no definition has been offered that could account for its deficiencies. Moreover, for half a century now it was continuously argued that the term is inherently Christian (Protestant) and modern. Recent studies further claim that the use of «religion » as an analytical category should be abandoned. The present article asks how, in f…
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How Could Religion Become A Category ? Accounting for Classical and Fuzzy Logic in the Conceptualization of Religion
The Study of Religion faces continuous challenges regarding the comparative nature of the term «religion » . So far, no definition has been offered that could account for its deficiencies. Moreover, for half a century now it was continuously argued that the term is inherently Christian (Protestant) and modern. Recent studies further claim that the use of «religion » as an analytical category should be abandoned. The present article asks how, in f…
Voces Magicae and Imperial / Late-Antique World-Making. Part 1
Il s’agit ici de la première partie d’une étude visant à situer le pouvoir de persuasion des voces magicae tardo-antiques dans le cadre de référence intellectuel de l’époque impériale romaine. Ce premier article examinera les prémisses logiques de manière plus générale ; le second article replacera dans leur contexte les méthodes employées par les dits voces magicae pour séparer lettres et mots de leur usage général, et l’origine de ces méthodes.…
Kritisches und queeres Denken als Denk-, Arbeits- und Handlungsweise in der Religionskunde
Das Konzept von Religion als einem universellen Phänomen wurde in den letzten Jahren stark für den ihm zugrunde liegenden Eurozentrismus kritisiert, der gleichermassen Teil der akademischen Kategorie „Religion“ sei. Ebenso sei die Kategorienbildung nach Weltreligionen (und das daraus resultierende Paradigma) ein Produkt des Kolonialismus und diene einzig dazu, die westliche, weisse Hegemonie aufrecht zu erhalten. Diese postmoderne Kritik mag zuwe…
Function and Aesthetics of Talmudic Medical Recipes
The present article investigates possible practical and intellectual contexts of talmudic medical recipes, and especially the ones that introduce therapies with a verb, such as “bring XY.” According to my count, there are 47 such recipes disseminated over the Talmud, and most of them likely stem from the same source, a treatise of simple remedies. These recipes often provide multiple therapies, a feature that has caused scholars to doubt their ef…
Voces magicae and Imperial / Late-Antique World-Making. Part 2
La première partie de cette étude abordait les prémisses rationnelles et logiques sous-jacentes à l’utilisation de termes inintelligibles, ou voces magicae , dans le but de modifier un système (physique ou social) en crise, une pratique qui connut un essor important à l’époque impériale. Cette première partie concluait que, dans le sillage d’une tradition ancienne caractérisée par l’emploi de mots comme remèdes dans les carmina , les prières ou l…
The Babylonian Talmud and Late Antique Book Culture
In this book, Monika Amsler explores the historical contexts in which the Babylonian Talmud was formed in an effort to determine whether it was the result of oral transmission. Scholars have posited that the rulings and stories we find in the Talmud were passed on from one generation to the next, each generation adding their opinions and interpretations of a given subject. Yet, such an oral formation process is unheard of in late antiquity. Moreo…
Eingegangene Bücher
Knowledge Construction in Late Antiquity
Social Studies of the sciences have long analyzed and exposed the constructed nature of knowledge. Pioneering studies of knowledge production in laboratories (e.g., Latour/Woolgar 1979; Knorr-Cetina 1981) have identified factors that affect processes that lead to the generation of scientific data and their subsequent interpretation, such as money, training and curriculum, location and infrastructure, biography-based knowledge and talent, and chan…
What Is Intertextuality Made Of
This review article predominantly focuses on the way intertextuality is addressed in The Literature of the Sages: A Re-visioning. A significant and informative portion of the work is dedicated to intertextuality, including a comprehensive history of the respective scholarship in the study of rabbinic texts. Indeed, rabbinic texts are full of intertextuality in terms of parallels, implicit or explicit referentiality, quotes, allusions, or simply s…
Introduction
Introduction
Can nature be interpreted like a book?The expression "book of nature" appears first in Augustine's writing and develops in the Middle Ages into a theology of the readability of nature.Augustine himself uses the metaphor in a rather nonchalant way, but not as a standing expression.He speaks of "the book of created nature (magnus liber ipsa species creaturae).Look carefully at it top and bottom, observe it, read it.God did not make letters of ink f…
Late Antique Art and Paradoxography
The last decade saw the excavation of a monumental late antique synagogue in the Galilean village of Huqoq. In addition to the unexpected size, scholars remain baffled by the unearthed mosaic panels that covered the synagogue’s floor. Although several panels are damaged beyond recognition, a considerable number endured the ravages of time and are preserved well enough to allow analysis or reconstruction due to labels or otherwise obvious links to…
History (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (3 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Antique (2 works)