Pet krščanskih zasebnih pisem iz Egipta

Sergej Valijev

doi:10.4312/keria.24.2.153-168

Authors

Sergej Valijev Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Slovenian Literature and Literary Studies, Ljubljana, Slovenia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/keria.24.2.153-168

Keywords:

Christian letters from late antiquity, early Christian community in Egypt, bishop Sotas, Oxyrhynchus

Abstract

The article discusses five private letters found in Egypt, dating from the 3^rd and 4^th centuries A.D.: P. Bour. 25, PSI X 1161, P. Oxy 12 1492, PSI III 208 and PSI IX 1041. There is sufficient evidence for ascribing them to Christian authors. The indications allowing such identification are particularly the opening and closing formulae and the use of nomina sacra. The letters of Sotas, who was probably the bishop of Oxyrhynchus in the second half of the 3^rd century, provide some data about the ecclesiastic organisation in this period. Furthermore, the paper draws attention to those orthographic and grammatical characteristics of the documents which deviate from the language norms of the classical period. These features grant us some insight into this stage of development of the Greek language.

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