The Oxford handbook of papyrology /edited by Roger S. Bagnall.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2009.
- xxi, 688 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm.
- [Oxford handbooks] .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Writing materials in the ancient world / The finds of papyri : the archaeology of papyrology / The history of the discipline / Conservation of ancient papyrus materials / Greek and Latin writing in the papyri / The Greek and Latin languages in the papyri / Abbreviations and symbols / Practical help : chronology, geography, measures, currency, names, prosopography, and technical vocabulary / Editing a papyrus / Archives and dossiers / The ancient book / Papyrology and ancient literature / The special case of Herculaneum / Education in the papyri / Mathematics, science, and medicine in the papyri / The range of documentary texts : types and categories / The multilingual environment of Persian and Ptolemaic Egypt : Egyptian, Aramaic, and Greek documentation / The multilingual environment of late antique Egypt : Greek, Latin, Coptic, and Persian documentation / Arabic papyri and Islamic Egypt / The papyrology of the Near East / Writing histories from the papyri / Geography and administration in Egypt (332 BCE-642 CE) / Law in Graeco-Roman Egypt : Hellenization, fusion, Romanization / Egyptian religion and magic in the papyri / The papyri and early Christianity / Manichaeism and Gnosticism in the papyri / The future of papyrology / Adam Bulow-Jacobsen -- Helene Cuvigny -- James G. Keenan -- Jaakko Frosen -- Guglielmo Cavallo -- Eleanor Dickey -- Nikolaos Gonis -- Roger S. Bagnall -- Paul Schubert -- Katelijn Vandorpe -- William A. Johnson -- Timothy Renner -- David Sider -- Raffaella Cribiore -- Alexander Jones -- Bernhard Palme -- Dorothy J. Thompson -- Jean-Luc Fournet -- Petra M. Sijpesteijn -- Jean Gascou-- -- Todd M. Hickey -- Maria Rosaria Falivene -- Uri Yiftach-Firanko -- Willy Clarysse -- David G. Martinez -- Cornelia Romer -- Peter van Minnen.
Thousands of texts, written over a period of three thousand years on papyri and potsherds, in Egyptian, Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Hebrew, Persian, and other languages, have transformed our knowledge of many aspects of life in the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. The Oxford Handbook of Papyrology provides an introduction to the world of these ancient documents and literary texts, ranging from the raw materials of writing to the languages used, from the history of papyrology to its future, and from practical help in reading papyri to frank opinions about the nature of the work of papyrologists. --from publisher description.