Daniel James Waller
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3601588 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Daniel James Waller |
| PRENOMES | Daniel James |
| SOBRENOME | Waller |
| ASSINATURA | WALLER D J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Rijksmuseum |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2015 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2020 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Sympathy for a Gentile King
Nebuchadnezzar II sacked Jerusalem and destroyed its temple. Yet he emerges in Daniel 1-4 as a compelling and sometimes sympathetic hero-villain. Drawing upon the concept of the story-collection, this article considers the implications of this genre for character formation, examines the further thematic means by which Nebuchadnezzar’s sympathetic characterization is generated in the book of Daniel, and explains his character in terms that make hi…
The Concepts of the Divine in the Greek Magical Papyri, written by Eleni Pachoumi
Curious Characters, Invented Scripts, and … Charlatans? “Pseudo-Scripts” in the Mesopotamian Magic Bowls
The impetus for this article grew out of a suggestion by Natalie Lantz, and I am grateful to her for sowing the seeds of the present
Researching L2 writers’ use of metadiscourse markers at intermediate and advanced levels
Transferring performativity from speech to writing
This article considers the interface between orality and textuality in the Aramaic incantation bowls, as well as the use of performative utterances in the texts of their spells. It demonstrates that writing and writtenness were central to bowl praxis as a whole, and argues that the bowls reflect a growing understanding of writing as performative in itself. In light of this, it suggests that the use of illocutionary acts in the bowl texts reflects…
Echo and the Historiola
Narrative incantations known as historiolae appear frequently in many magical traditions, but scholarship on the subject is sparse, and current descriptions of the historiola’s mechanism are inadequate. This study addresses this lacuna. It examines and synthesizes the existing scholarly literature and develops a theory of echo in relation to the historiola. It explores two unusual ‘transubstantiative’ historiolae that demonstrate the value of thi…
Researching L2 writers’ use of metadiscourse markers at intermediate and advanced levels
Transferring performativity from speech to writing
This article considers the interface between orality and textuality in the Aramaic incantation bowls, as well as the use of performative utterances in the texts of their spells. It demonstrates that writing and writtenness were central to bowl praxis as a whole, and argues that the bowls reflect a growing understanding of writing as performative in itself. In light of this, it suggests that the use of illocutionary acts in the bowl texts reflects…
Echo and the Historiola
Narrative incantations known as historiolae appear frequently in many magical traditions, but scholarship on the subject is sparse, and current descriptions of the historiola’s mechanism are inadequate. This study addresses this lacuna. It examines and synthesizes the existing scholarly literature and develops a theory of echo in relation to the historiola. It explores two unusual ‘transubstantiative’ historiolae that demonstrate the value of thi…
The Concepts of the Divine in the Greek Magical Papyri, written by Eleni Pachoumi
Curious Characters, Invented Scripts, and … Charlatans? “Pseudo-Scripts” in the Mesopotamian Magic Bowls
The impetus for this article grew out of a suggestion by Natalie Lantz, and I am grateful to her for sowing the seeds of the present
Researching L2 writers’ use of metadiscourse markers at intermediate and advanced levels
Transferring performativity from speech to writing
This article considers the interface between orality and textuality in the Aramaic incantation bowls, as well as the use of performative utterances in the texts of their spells. It demonstrates that writing and writtenness were central to bowl praxis as a whole, and argues that the bowls reflect a growing understanding of writing as performative in itself. In light of this, it suggests that the use of illocutionary acts in the bowl texts reflects…
Sympathy for a Gentile King
Nebuchadnezzar II sacked Jerusalem and destroyed its temple. Yet he emerges in Daniel 1-4 as a compelling and sometimes sympathetic hero-villain. Drawing upon the concept of the story-collection, this article considers the implications of this genre for character formation, examines the further thematic means by which Nebuchadnezzar’s sympathetic characterization is generated in the book of Daniel, and explains his character in terms that make hi…
Art (4 obras) · Philosophy (4 obras) · Computer Science (3 obras) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (3 obras) · History (3 obras) · Linguistics (3 obras) · Literature (3 obras) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (2 obras) · Ancient Near East History (2 obras) · Epistemology (2 obras)