The slow fall of Babel : languages and identities in late antique Christianity / Yuliya Minets.
| Author/creator | Minets, Yuliya author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022. |
| Copyright Date | ©2022 |
| Description | xvi, 418 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Awakening to Linguistic Otherness -- Meeting the Alloglottic Other: The Socio-Linguistic Landscape of the Ancient Linguistic Landscape of the Ancient Mediterranean and the Spread of Christianity -- Languages and Identities in Greco-Roman and Jewish Antiquity -- The Tower of Babel and Beyond: Primordial Linguist Situation, Original Language, and the Start of Linguistic Diversification -- Speaking in Tongues in Christian Late Antiquity -- Foreign Languages and the Discourse of Otherness -- The Languages of Saints and Demons -- Conclusion: What's in the Language? |
| Abstract | "This is the story of the transformation of the ways in which the increasingly Christianized elites of the late antique Mediterranean experienced and conceptualized linguistic differences. The metaphor of Babel stands for the magnificent edifice of classical culture that was about to reach the sky, but remained self-sufficient and selfcontained in its virtual monolingualism - the paradigm within which even Latin was occasionally considered just a dialect of Greek. The gradual erosion of this vision is the slow fall of Babel that took place in the hearts and minds of a good number of early Christian writers and intellectuals who represented various languages and literary traditions. This step-by-step process included the discovery and internalization of the existence of multiple other languages in the world, as well as subsequent attempts to incorporate their speakers meaningfully into the holistic and distinctly Christian picture of the universe"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Minets, Yuliya. Slow fall of Babel Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021 9781108980821 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2021027050 |
| ISBN | 9781108833462 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1108833462 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781108970495 paperback |
| ISBN | 1108970494 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | BR115 .L25 M56 2022 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |