Paths of Cultural Transmission Between Syria and Ethiopia
About a Recent Book on Symbolic Interpretations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6019336 |
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| Authors | Alberto Camplani (0000-0002-9779-8455, Sapienza University of Rome, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Aethiopica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1430-1938 • E-ISSN: 2194-4024 |
| Publisher | Staats- und Universitatsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15460/aethiopica.24.0.1883 |
| OpenAlex | W4214945701 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
This contribution discusses Ralph Lee’s volume Symbolic Interpretations in Ethiopic and Early Syriac Literature, in particular his proposal about what were the channels of cultural transmission between Syriac and Ethiopic Christian literatures which could justify the consistent number of parallels found in the two poetical and liturgical traditions. Lee’s model used to explain these parallels is proved questionable, and an alternative hypothesis is offered: Ephrems’ poetry influenced later Syriac writers and liturgical traditions, which, in turn, experienced a long season of translation from Syriac to Arabic in a broad geographical area. As a consequence of this process, several streams of Ephremian tradition were transferred from the Arabic Christian literatures to the Ethiopic world after the twelfth century
Arabic · Art · Cultural transmission in animals · Linguistics · Literature · Parallels · Poetry · Psychoanalysis · The Symbolic · African history and culture analysis · Classics · Computer Science · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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