Rethinking persecutions: P.Ryl. 3 469 and the Manichaeans in Egypt
| Dates: | 24 November 2015 |
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| Times: | 16:00 - 17:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | John Rylands Research Institute |
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| Who is it for: | University staff |
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| Speaker: | Dr Roberta Mazza |
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Bought in Egypt in 1920 by B.P. Grenfell , the so-called Christian letter against the Manichaeans published by C. Roberts in 1938 offers a direct glimpse into competing monotheisms in late antique Egypt. Through a new reading and interpretation of the text in its wider context, this paper proposes a different perspective on monotheisms and the imperial answers to the challenges and opportunities they represented for secular power.
Speaker
Dr Roberta Mazza
Role: Lecturer and Assistant Professor in Classics and Ancient History
Organisation: John Rylands Research Institute
Biography: Dr Mazza is the first Fellow of The John Rylands Research Institute and is Lecturer and Assistant Professor in Classics and Ancient History at The University of Manchester. Roberta has a PhD in Ancient History, and an MA and BA in History from the University of Bologna. Her interests are focused on Greco-Roman Egypt and Papyrology.
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Christie Room
John Rylands Research Institute and Library
150 Deansgate
Manchester
Gtr Manchester
