Textual Transmission from Parchment to Stone: Biblical Quotations in Jewish Funerary Inscriptions
Vigna Randanini, Jewish Catacomb in Rome
The purpose of this e-learning tool chapter is to introduce the field of Epigraphy, and highlight how inscriptions are philological texts. This should provide an introductory basis for you to work with inscriptions in the future, or to provide a different perspective if you have worked on inscriptions before.
1. Contents
2. Intro to inscriptions
Function, Purpose, and Meaning
Epigraphy as a Philological Discipline
3. Common elements of inscriptions I
Medieval Christian examples
4. Common elements of inscriptions II
Ancient Jewish examples
5. Biblical Quotations
3 example inscriptions using Prov 10:7
6. Bilingual and trilingual transmission
2 examples inscriptions in 2 or 3 languages using Prov 10:7
7. Epigraphy as a Philological Discipline
8. Bibliography
Ceiling Painting in Vigna Randanini, Jewish Catacomb in Rome