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Inimitable Sources: Rhetoric and Canonical Texts (Homer, the Qur’an and the Bible)
In the framework of the Working Group "The Learned Practices of Canonical Texts," following on his work concerning the rise of grammar from canonical
Publications, Filippomaria Pontani, "Only God knows the correct reading!" In: M. Niehoff (ed.), Homer and the Bible in the Eyes of Ancient Interpreters, Between Literary and Religious Concerns (Leiden: Brill, 2012).
Reliable Books: Islamic Law, Canonization, and Manuscripts in the Ottoman Empire (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)
In the framework of the Working Group "The Learned Practices of Canonical Texts," Guy Burak's project explored the emergence of an imperial jurisprude
From Philology to Philosophy: Zhu Xi as a Reader Annotator
In the framework of the Working Group "The Learned Practices of Canonical Texts," Lianbin Dai's project aimed to reconstruct Neo-Confucian philosopher
Making Sense of Suetonius in Twelfth Century England
In the framework of the Working Group "The Learned Practices of Canonical Texts," in his project Robert Kaster considered the approaches that two
Gods on Clay: Ancient Near Eastern Scholarly Practices and the History of Religions
In the framework of the Working Group "The Learned Practices of Canonical Texts," Aaron Tugendhaft's project examined the scholarly use and adaptation
Johann Buxtorf Makes A Notebook
In the Renaissance, as in earlier periods, scholars often mastered new fields by working through a body of sources, making excerpts from them and fili
Publications, Anthony Grafton and Joanna Weinberg, "I have always loved the holy tongue": Isaac Casaubon, the Jews, and a Forgotten Chapter in Renaissance Scholarship (Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011), Chapter 1, pp. 1-59.
Maryādām Ullaṅghya: The Boundaries of Interpretation in Early Modern India
In the early modern period the principal arena for intellectual dispute for Brahminical thinkers writing in Sanskrit was the proper interpretation of
Publications, Christopher Minkowski, "Nīlakaṇṭha Caturdhara and the Genre of Mantrarahasyaprakāśikā," in Y. Ikari (ed.), Proceedings of the Second International Vedic Workshop (Kyoto: Institute for Research in Humanities). [forthcoming]
A Guide Through Textual Practices in Late Renaissance Court Libraries
In the framework of the Working Group "The Learned Practices of Canonical Texts," Paola Molino's project "A Guide Through Textual Practices in Late Re
Allegoresis and Etymology in the Greco-Latin Scholarly Traditions
In the framework of the Working Group "The Learned Practices of Canonical Texts," this project focused on two scholarly activities that can be interre
Publications, Glenn W. Most, “Editor’s Introduction,” Sebastiano Timpanaro, The Genesis of Lachmann’s Method, edited and translated by G.W. Most (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005), pp. 1-32.
Excerpts versus Fragments: Deconstructions and Reconstitutions of the Excerpta Constantiniana
In the tenth century, Constantinople saw an overambitious project that attempted to unify available historical knowledge into a single, comprehensive,