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Studies on the Derveni Papyrus, volume II (Hardcover)
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Studies on the Derveni Papyrus, volume II (Hardcover)
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Studies on the Derveni Papyrus, volume II brings together two new
editions of the first fragmentarily extant columns of the Derveni
Papyrus and seven scholarly articles devoted to their
interpretation. The Derveni Papyrus is by far the most important
textual discovery of the 20th century regarding early Greek
philosophy, religion, exegetical theory and practice, linguistic
ideas, and a host of other areas and issues. But the editorial and
interpretative history of this extraordinary document has been very
checkered. While the interpretation of the better preserved later
columns is still highly controversial in many regards, at least the
text of those columns has by and large found a scholarly consensus;
but the editorial and interpretative situation with the worse
preserved first columns is quite different. This volume offers not
one but two editions of the first columns, by Richard Janko and by
Valeria Piano, given that it is not currently possible to agree
upon a single edition; and it explains clearly and in detail the
papyrological problems and doubts that lead to these two editions,
making it possible for readers (even non-papyrologists) to form
their own informed judgment about the most likely readings to be
adopted. Furthermore, it contains a number of articles by leading
scholars on the Derveni Papyrus, above all offering original
solutions to the question of the relation between the earlier and
the later columns, but also providing analysis and interpretation
of other, related problems.
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