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In the Greco-Roman “Pagan” literature of the 1st-4th centuries, we can find a number of the narr... more In the Greco-Roman “Pagan” literature of the 1st-4th centuries, we can find a number of the narratives describing the bringing back to life a person (Vita Apolloni Tyanensis by Fl. Philostratus, Ancient Novels, Phlegon of Tralles, Lucan and Apuleius, Greek Magical Papyri). They have long been the subject of a lively research debate: whether and to what extent they can be described by the category of resurrection, developed on the ground of the Biblical and Christian tradition, or even whether they were not directly inspired by Christian thought or the desire for hidden-polemics with Christianity? The book is not only an attempt to face these problems in detail, but also touches on a broader question: should the concept of the return to life in the body really be regarded as a completely foreign and unknown element in the earlier Greco-Roman tradition?

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Papers by Sławomir Poloczek

Jan Kozłowski & Sławomir Poloczek, "The Aqedah (Gen 22:1–19) and Euripides’s Iphigenia in Aulis. On the Question of Literary Dependence", Vetus Testamentum 74, pp. 1–15, 2024

Scholars have long recognized the narrative similarities between the story of the Aqedah (Gen 22:... more Scholars have long recognized the narrative similarities between the story of the Aqedah (Gen 22:1-19) and Euripides's Iphigenia in Aulis. The aim of this paper is to present the most plausible explanation of the similarities between these narratives: Aqedah's dependence upon Euripides's tragedy.

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Rocznik Teologiczny LXV, 2, 199–247, 2023

Tekst dotyczy zjawiska wpływów kultur Mezopotamii i Grecji w tekstach Biblii hebrajskiej. Skupia ... more Tekst dotyczy zjawiska wpływów kultur Mezopotamii i Grecji w tekstach Biblii hebrajskiej. Skupia się na kontekstach transferu kulturowego. Pierwszy dotyczy wpływów mezopotamskiej tradycji prawnej na teksty biblijne. Drugi, zapożyczania przez autorów biblijnych wzorców zaczerpniętych z greckiej tradycji literackiej, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem historiografii. Autorzy dyskutują możliwe warunki kontaktu Judejczyków z kulturą mezopotamską i grecką oraz proponują okresy, w których transfer kulturowy z tych rejonów do Palestyny wydaje się być najbardziej prawdopodobny.

The paper addresses the question of Mesopotamian and Greek influences
on the Hebrew Bible. The text focuses on two possible contexts of cultural
transfer. The first part deals with the impact of Mesopotamian legal tradition on biblical texts. The second part presents the survey of the question of the influence of Greek literary patterns (in particular: historiography) on Biblical traditions. Authors discuss possible contexts of contact between the Judeans and Mesopotamian/Greek cultures and propose periods when cultural transfer from these regions to Palestine seems to be most plausible.

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Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, 2023

The paper aims to analyze the circumstances of cultural transfer between the Southern Levant and ... more The paper aims to analyze the circumstances of cultural transfer between the Southern Levant and Greece in the Achaemenid period in order to assess the plausibility of Greek influences on the Hebrew Bible. First, the article addresses the theoretical question of possible "contact zones" between Greek and Levantine cultures. Second, it presents evidence of Greek presence in the Ancient Near East in that epoch. Third, it tries to estimate the possible extent of Greek influence in the Southern Levant. The next question to discuss is the presence of Levantines in Mainland Greece and the meaning of this phenomenon for understanding the situation in Yehud. Finally, the paper deals with the question of the mobility of the inhabitants of Yehud. In conclusion, the authors wonder whether the collected data allow for the creation of a coherent model of intercultural exchange between Greece and Yehud, as postulated by some scholars.

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Od dawna notowano podobieństwa motywów pojawiających się w pierwszych rozdziałach Księgi Rodzaju ... more Od dawna notowano podobieństwa motywów pojawiających się w pierwszych rozdziałach Księgi Rodzaju (Rdz 1–3) z literaturą grecką. Również w przypadku opowieści o Edenie (Rdz 2.4b–3) dostrzegano uderzające analogie między biblijną a grecką wizją początków ludzkości (Hezjod, Platon). Autorzy niniejszego artykułu podążają tym tropem, wskazując na kolejny prawdopodobny hipotekst opowieści, V księgę
homeryckiej Odysei (pobyt Odyseusza na Ogygii). Artykuł podejmuje zarówno próbę argumentacji na rzecz tezy o strukturalnej zależności literackiej omawianej narracji biblijnej od homeryckiej, jak i stara się odpowiedzieć na pytanie: kiedy i w jakim kontekście kulturowym mogło dojść do potencjalnego zapożyczenia.

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Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses, 2022

Scholars have long noted parallels between the Eden narrative in Genesis 2,4b-3 and the fifth boo... more Scholars have long noted parallels between the Eden narrative in Genesis 2,4b-3 and the fifth book of Homeric Odyssey describing Odysseus’ sojourn on Calypso’s island Ogygia. However, until now, no monographic study has explored these similarities. The present article discusses previous scholarly observations and offers new evidence that the author of Genesis 2,4b-3 was very likely inspired by the Homeric myth.

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44 / Czterdzieści i Cztery. Magazyn Apokaliptyczny, 2021

Polish translation of the text: J. Gagé, La victoire impériale dans l’empire chrétien, Revue d’H... more Polish translation of the text: J. Gagé, La victoire impériale dans l’empire chrétien, Revue d’Histoire et de Philosophie religieuses XIII, 4/5 (1933), s. 370–400, transl. M. Warchała, ed. S. Poloczek

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44 / Czterdzieści i Cztery. Magazyn Apokaliptyczny, 2021

Martyrdom of Thomas Becket according to Roger of Pontigny (Anonymus I) and Benedict of Peterborou... more Martyrdom of Thomas Becket according to Roger of Pontigny (Anonymus I) and Benedict of Peterborough translated from Latin.

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U schyłku starożytności. Studia źródłoznawcze, 2021

In 1994 Martin Rösel tried to demonstrate the influence of Platonic phraseology on the Greek text... more In 1994 Martin Rösel tried to demonstrate the influence of Platonic phraseology on the Greek text of the opening chapters of Genesis (LXX Genesis 1–11, Rösel: Übersetzung als Vollendung des Auslegung). The paper attempts to take up anew the question of the possible hints of Platonic language in Genesis 1–2 LXX. The author argues that at least three examples already pointed out by Rösel seem to be best explained as the adaptation of the phraseology of Plato indeed (Gen 1.2: ἀόρατος καὶ ἀκατασκεύαστος – Plat. Tim. 50d–51a: ἂν παρεσκευασμένον εὖ / ἀνόρατον εἶδός τι καὶ ἄμορφον; Gen 1.4f ὅτι καλόν; Plat., Tim. 28a, 29a: καλὸν ἐξ ἀνάγκης, καλός ἐστιν ὅδε ὁ κόσμος; Gen 1.26–27: κατ᾽ εἰκόνα … καθ᾽ ὁμοίωσιν [θεοῦ]; Plat. Tim. 39B: εἰκόνα τινὸς εἶναι, Plat. Theaet. 176b: ὁμοίωσις θεῷ). He adds, however, two further possible instances of such phraseological influence (Gen 1.1: ἐποίησεν ὁ θεός – Plat. Tim. 31a: ἐποίησεν ὁ ποιῶν, Gen 2.24: δύο εἰς … μίαν – Plat. Symp. 191d: ἓν ἐκ δυοῖν). It seems reasonable to argue that the translators of Septuagint consciously applied Platonic phraseology, which they borrowed from the cosmological imaginary (especially from Timaeus), as the best Greek equivalent of certain Hebrew expressions. Possible linguistic borrowing however did not necessarily mean, as Rösel believed, any serious “implementation” of Platonic doctrine into the Biblical text, maybe except the idea of original complementarity of man and woman in Gen 2.24 (cf. Symp. 192e) virtually absent in the Hebrew version.

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Załącznik Kulturoznawczy 7, 2020

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Dionysus and Politics Constructing Authority in the Graeco-Roman World (ed. F. Doroszewski, D. Karłowicz). , 2021

It has long been proven that some rulers of the Hellenistic, Late Roman Republic and early Imperi... more It has long been proven that some rulers of the Hellenistic, Late Roman Republic and early Imperial period used the cult of Dionysus to legitimise their political authority. The research to date focuses on the most explicit examples, usually related either to the title Neos Dionysos used as a means of self-identification (e.g. Mark Antony, Ptolemy XII, Mithridates VI), or to the idea of associating the imperial family (domus divina) with the figure of Dionysus (the Severan dynasty). This chapter aims to draw attention to three poorly investigated cases in which the figure of Dionysus was used to legitimise the imperial authority: Caligula, Domitian and Hadrian. The chapter proceeds to examine the idea of the rulers’ self-identification with the figure of Dionysus and debates some Dionysiac aspects of imperial religious policy between the time of the Late Roman Republic and the period of the Nerva-Antonine Dynasty. Access Online: https://www.routledge.com/Dionysus-and-Politics-Constructing-Authority-in-the-Graeco-Roman-World/Doroszewski-Karlowicz/p/book/9780367507282?fbclid=IwAR06TsoeKOPgxISCrKRYRP7pQr10jH67k8LPYDWAePB1HZA65EjYzyewxC8#

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In Greco-Roman Mythography (Ps.-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.3.1-2, Ps.-Hyginus, Fabulae 136, De as... more In Greco-Roman Mythography (Ps.-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.3.1-2, Ps.-Hyginus, Fabulae 136, De astronomia 2.14.14-34, Palaephatus, Incredibilia 26) and later Byzantine Literature we can find a story of Glaucus, son of Minos, the boy raised from dead with the help of magical herb delivered by the snake. Recognizable literary origins of the Myth can be traced back to lost pieces of Classical Drama (TGF ed. Nauck: Aeschyl. Fragm. 116-120, Soph. Fragm. 359-368, Euripid. Fragm. 634-648), which had to adopt some kind of more archaic tradition, supposedly connected with the Crete, as it was suggested by a number of authors (Jeanmire, Wittels, Muellner, Persson, Preller, Frazer). But very similar story can also be find in Lydian tradition recordered by Nonnus of Panopolis in the form of the myth of Tylos (Nonnus, Dionysiaca 25). Both stories show very striking common features, which cannot be explained as an accidental similarities. It is therefore possible that we should consider the possibility of the West Asian rather than “purely” Greek origins of the myth.

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The paper touches upon the question of the alleged literary dependence of Chariton’s of Aphrodisi... more The paper touches upon the question of the alleged literary dependence of Chariton’s of Aphrodisias story about the empty tomb of Callirhoe (Chaereas and Callirhoe 3.3.1−7) on the Gospels’ narratives of the resurrection of Jesus, postulated by G.W. Bowersock, C.P. Thiede and I. Ramelli. The paper counterchecks this hypothesis and presents a broad Greco-Roman (non-Christian) context of the empty tomb stories. The plausible chronological priority of Callirhoe over the gospel stories, the popularity of the Chariton’s Novel in the middle of 1st century, and the ignorance of the second-century pagan writers’ about the Christian teaching, seem to exclude the adaptation of the Christian tradition in Callirhoe. The author discusses also other examples of the literary pattern of the discovery of an empty tomb, sometime dating back to the Hellenistic period. The absence of the empty tomb motif in the Old Testament and Hellenistic Jewish literature, and its popularity in pagan literary fiction justifies the hypothesis of its non-Christian origin.

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The aim of this article is to reconsider the Christian anti-Manichaean work, the Acts of Archelau... more The aim of this article is to reconsider the Christian anti-Manichaean work, the Acts of Archelaus (Acta Archelai) as the historical source for the study of early Manichaean missions. The Acts, traditionally attributed to Hegemonius (4th century), purports to be an accurate transcription of a series of doctrinal debates between Archelaus (the bishop Carchar) and Mani. Scholary consensus takes the position that events as described it the Acts are fictitious. But both Christian and Manichaean sources largery confirm the image of Christian-Manichaean encounter given by the Acts of Archelaus. The description of Mani’s mission in the Acts has many points of contact with the narratives recorded in Coptic and Middle Iranian literature, and the image of Manichaean dogma is quite correct. It suggests that the author of Acts had knew Manichaean history and teaching. Yet, neither main toponyms (Carchar, Castellum Arabionis, Stranga river) of the Acts cannot be identified, and the bishop Archelaus is unknown from other sources. The author concludes that the place of Christian-Manichaean encounter in the Acts and the event itself is imagined, even if some elements seem fit the context of late 3rd century.

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The article touches upon the question of the origins of the myth of Divine Combat with Sea (or Se... more The article touches upon the question of the origins of the myth of Divine Combat with Sea (or Sea Monster) and its cosmological associacions. It discusses the interpretations and chronology of the ancient texts from the Middle East, Egypt, India and Greece to solve the problem of chronological priority of „Chaoskampf ” motive in Indo-european or Semitic traditions. The earliest example of this myth may be found in the Mari text form the reign of Zimri-Lim. There is probably no reason to connect the image of Monsterous Sea with Proto-Indo Europen Tradition. Another question is Sitz im Leben of the myth. Most plausible, in the light of geographical studies, is Levantine Coast of Mediterannean Sea. In could determied the origins of the Divine Combat Myth in Amorite Syria.

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Short conference paper published in Polish and touching upon the question of the origins of mithr... more Short conference paper published in Polish and touching upon the question of the origins of mithraic tauroctony and discussing the interpretations of F. Cumont (1894-1900) and D. Ulansay (1989).

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Polish translation of Acta Maximiliani and the comment on early Christian attitude toward militar... more Polish translation of Acta Maximiliani and the comment on early Christian attitude toward military service.

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Book Reviews by Sławomir Poloczek

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In the Greco-Roman “Pagan” literature of the 1st-4th centuries, we can find a number of the narr... more In the Greco-Roman “Pagan” literature of the 1st-4th centuries, we can find a number of the narratives describing the bringing back to life a person (Vita Apolloni Tyanensis by Fl. Philostratus, Ancient Novels, Phlegon of Tralles, Lucan and Apuleius, Greek Magical Papyri). They have long been the subject of a lively research debate: whether and to what extent they can be described by the category of resurrection, developed on the ground of the Biblical and Christian tradition, or even whether they were not directly inspired by Christian thought or the desire for hidden-polemics with Christianity? The book is not only an attempt to face these problems in detail, but also touches on a broader question: should the concept of the return to life in the body really be regarded as a completely foreign and unknown element in the earlier Greco-Roman tradition?

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Jan Kozłowski & Sławomir Poloczek, "The Aqedah (Gen 22:1–19) and Euripides’s Iphigenia in Aulis. On the Question of Literary Dependence", Vetus Testamentum 74, pp. 1–15, 2024

Scholars have long recognized the narrative similarities between the story of the Aqedah (Gen 22:... more Scholars have long recognized the narrative similarities between the story of the Aqedah (Gen 22:1-19) and Euripides's Iphigenia in Aulis. The aim of this paper is to present the most plausible explanation of the similarities between these narratives: Aqedah's dependence upon Euripides's tragedy.

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Rocznik Teologiczny LXV, 2, 199–247, 2023

Tekst dotyczy zjawiska wpływów kultur Mezopotamii i Grecji w tekstach Biblii hebrajskiej. Skupia ... more Tekst dotyczy zjawiska wpływów kultur Mezopotamii i Grecji w tekstach Biblii hebrajskiej. Skupia się na kontekstach transferu kulturowego. Pierwszy dotyczy wpływów mezopotamskiej tradycji prawnej na teksty biblijne. Drugi, zapożyczania przez autorów biblijnych wzorców zaczerpniętych z greckiej tradycji literackiej, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem historiografii. Autorzy dyskutują możliwe warunki kontaktu Judejczyków z kulturą mezopotamską i grecką oraz proponują okresy, w których transfer kulturowy z tych rejonów do Palestyny wydaje się być najbardziej prawdopodobny.

The paper addresses the question of Mesopotamian and Greek influences
on the Hebrew Bible. The text focuses on two possible contexts of cultural
transfer. The first part deals with the impact of Mesopotamian legal tradition on biblical texts. The second part presents the survey of the question of the influence of Greek literary patterns (in particular: historiography) on Biblical traditions. Authors discuss possible contexts of contact between the Judeans and Mesopotamian/Greek cultures and propose periods when cultural transfer from these regions to Palestine seems to be most plausible.

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Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, 2023

The paper aims to analyze the circumstances of cultural transfer between the Southern Levant and ... more The paper aims to analyze the circumstances of cultural transfer between the Southern Levant and Greece in the Achaemenid period in order to assess the plausibility of Greek influences on the Hebrew Bible. First, the article addresses the theoretical question of possible "contact zones" between Greek and Levantine cultures. Second, it presents evidence of Greek presence in the Ancient Near East in that epoch. Third, it tries to estimate the possible extent of Greek influence in the Southern Levant. The next question to discuss is the presence of Levantines in Mainland Greece and the meaning of this phenomenon for understanding the situation in Yehud. Finally, the paper deals with the question of the mobility of the inhabitants of Yehud. In conclusion, the authors wonder whether the collected data allow for the creation of a coherent model of intercultural exchange between Greece and Yehud, as postulated by some scholars.

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Od dawna notowano podobieństwa motywów pojawiających się w pierwszych rozdziałach Księgi Rodzaju ... more Od dawna notowano podobieństwa motywów pojawiających się w pierwszych rozdziałach Księgi Rodzaju (Rdz 1–3) z literaturą grecką. Również w przypadku opowieści o Edenie (Rdz 2.4b–3) dostrzegano uderzające analogie między biblijną a grecką wizją początków ludzkości (Hezjod, Platon). Autorzy niniejszego artykułu podążają tym tropem, wskazując na kolejny prawdopodobny hipotekst opowieści, V księgę
homeryckiej Odysei (pobyt Odyseusza na Ogygii). Artykuł podejmuje zarówno próbę argumentacji na rzecz tezy o strukturalnej zależności literackiej omawianej narracji biblijnej od homeryckiej, jak i stara się odpowiedzieć na pytanie: kiedy i w jakim kontekście kulturowym mogło dojść do potencjalnego zapożyczenia.

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Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses, 2022

Scholars have long noted parallels between the Eden narrative in Genesis 2,4b-3 and the fifth boo... more Scholars have long noted parallels between the Eden narrative in Genesis 2,4b-3 and the fifth book of Homeric Odyssey describing Odysseus’ sojourn on Calypso’s island Ogygia. However, until now, no monographic study has explored these similarities. The present article discusses previous scholarly observations and offers new evidence that the author of Genesis 2,4b-3 was very likely inspired by the Homeric myth.

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Polish translation of the text: J. Gagé, La victoire impériale dans l’empire chrétien, Revue d’H... more Polish translation of the text: J. Gagé, La victoire impériale dans l’empire chrétien, Revue d’Histoire et de Philosophie religieuses XIII, 4/5 (1933), s. 370–400, transl. M. Warchała, ed. S. Poloczek

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Martyrdom of Thomas Becket according to Roger of Pontigny (Anonymus I) and Benedict of Peterborou... more Martyrdom of Thomas Becket according to Roger of Pontigny (Anonymus I) and Benedict of Peterborough translated from Latin.

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U schyłku starożytności. Studia źródłoznawcze, 2021

In 1994 Martin Rösel tried to demonstrate the influence of Platonic phraseology on the Greek text... more In 1994 Martin Rösel tried to demonstrate the influence of Platonic phraseology on the Greek text of the opening chapters of Genesis (LXX Genesis 1–11, Rösel: Übersetzung als Vollendung des Auslegung). The paper attempts to take up anew the question of the possible hints of Platonic language in Genesis 1–2 LXX. The author argues that at least three examples already pointed out by Rösel seem to be best explained as the adaptation of the phraseology of Plato indeed (Gen 1.2: ἀόρατος καὶ ἀκατασκεύαστος – Plat. Tim. 50d–51a: ἂν παρεσκευασμένον εὖ / ἀνόρατον εἶδός τι καὶ ἄμορφον; Gen 1.4f ὅτι καλόν; Plat., Tim. 28a, 29a: καλὸν ἐξ ἀνάγκης, καλός ἐστιν ὅδε ὁ κόσμος; Gen 1.26–27: κατ᾽ εἰκόνα … καθ᾽ ὁμοίωσιν [θεοῦ]; Plat. Tim. 39B: εἰκόνα τινὸς εἶναι, Plat. Theaet. 176b: ὁμοίωσις θεῷ). He adds, however, two further possible instances of such phraseological influence (Gen 1.1: ἐποίησεν ὁ θεός – Plat. Tim. 31a: ἐποίησεν ὁ ποιῶν, Gen 2.24: δύο εἰς … μίαν – Plat. Symp. 191d: ἓν ἐκ δυοῖν). It seems reasonable to argue that the translators of Septuagint consciously applied Platonic phraseology, which they borrowed from the cosmological imaginary (especially from Timaeus), as the best Greek equivalent of certain Hebrew expressions. Possible linguistic borrowing however did not necessarily mean, as Rösel believed, any serious “implementation” of Platonic doctrine into the Biblical text, maybe except the idea of original complementarity of man and woman in Gen 2.24 (cf. Symp. 192e) virtually absent in the Hebrew version.

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Dionysus and Politics Constructing Authority in the Graeco-Roman World (ed. F. Doroszewski, D. Karłowicz). , 2021

It has long been proven that some rulers of the Hellenistic, Late Roman Republic and early Imperi... more It has long been proven that some rulers of the Hellenistic, Late Roman Republic and early Imperial period used the cult of Dionysus to legitimise their political authority. The research to date focuses on the most explicit examples, usually related either to the title Neos Dionysos used as a means of self-identification (e.g. Mark Antony, Ptolemy XII, Mithridates VI), or to the idea of associating the imperial family (domus divina) with the figure of Dionysus (the Severan dynasty). This chapter aims to draw attention to three poorly investigated cases in which the figure of Dionysus was used to legitimise the imperial authority: Caligula, Domitian and Hadrian. The chapter proceeds to examine the idea of the rulers’ self-identification with the figure of Dionysus and debates some Dionysiac aspects of imperial religious policy between the time of the Late Roman Republic and the period of the Nerva-Antonine Dynasty. Access Online: https://www.routledge.com/Dionysus-and-Politics-Constructing-Authority-in-the-Graeco-Roman-World/Doroszewski-Karlowicz/p/book/9780367507282?fbclid=IwAR06TsoeKOPgxISCrKRYRP7pQr10jH67k8LPYDWAePB1HZA65EjYzyewxC8#

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In Greco-Roman Mythography (Ps.-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.3.1-2, Ps.-Hyginus, Fabulae 136, De as... more In Greco-Roman Mythography (Ps.-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.3.1-2, Ps.-Hyginus, Fabulae 136, De astronomia 2.14.14-34, Palaephatus, Incredibilia 26) and later Byzantine Literature we can find a story of Glaucus, son of Minos, the boy raised from dead with the help of magical herb delivered by the snake. Recognizable literary origins of the Myth can be traced back to lost pieces of Classical Drama (TGF ed. Nauck: Aeschyl. Fragm. 116-120, Soph. Fragm. 359-368, Euripid. Fragm. 634-648), which had to adopt some kind of more archaic tradition, supposedly connected with the Crete, as it was suggested by a number of authors (Jeanmire, Wittels, Muellner, Persson, Preller, Frazer). But very similar story can also be find in Lydian tradition recordered by Nonnus of Panopolis in the form of the myth of Tylos (Nonnus, Dionysiaca 25). Both stories show very striking common features, which cannot be explained as an accidental similarities. It is therefore possible that we should consider the possibility of the West Asian rather than “purely” Greek origins of the myth.

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The paper touches upon the question of the alleged literary dependence of Chariton’s of Aphrodisi... more The paper touches upon the question of the alleged literary dependence of Chariton’s of Aphrodisias story about the empty tomb of Callirhoe (Chaereas and Callirhoe 3.3.1−7) on the Gospels’ narratives of the resurrection of Jesus, postulated by G.W. Bowersock, C.P. Thiede and I. Ramelli. The paper counterchecks this hypothesis and presents a broad Greco-Roman (non-Christian) context of the empty tomb stories. The plausible chronological priority of Callirhoe over the gospel stories, the popularity of the Chariton’s Novel in the middle of 1st century, and the ignorance of the second-century pagan writers’ about the Christian teaching, seem to exclude the adaptation of the Christian tradition in Callirhoe. The author discusses also other examples of the literary pattern of the discovery of an empty tomb, sometime dating back to the Hellenistic period. The absence of the empty tomb motif in the Old Testament and Hellenistic Jewish literature, and its popularity in pagan literary fiction justifies the hypothesis of its non-Christian origin.

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The aim of this article is to reconsider the Christian anti-Manichaean work, the Acts of Archelau... more The aim of this article is to reconsider the Christian anti-Manichaean work, the Acts of Archelaus (Acta Archelai) as the historical source for the study of early Manichaean missions. The Acts, traditionally attributed to Hegemonius (4th century), purports to be an accurate transcription of a series of doctrinal debates between Archelaus (the bishop Carchar) and Mani. Scholary consensus takes the position that events as described it the Acts are fictitious. But both Christian and Manichaean sources largery confirm the image of Christian-Manichaean encounter given by the Acts of Archelaus. The description of Mani’s mission in the Acts has many points of contact with the narratives recorded in Coptic and Middle Iranian literature, and the image of Manichaean dogma is quite correct. It suggests that the author of Acts had knew Manichaean history and teaching. Yet, neither main toponyms (Carchar, Castellum Arabionis, Stranga river) of the Acts cannot be identified, and the bishop Archelaus is unknown from other sources. The author concludes that the place of Christian-Manichaean encounter in the Acts and the event itself is imagined, even if some elements seem fit the context of late 3rd century.

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The article touches upon the question of the origins of the myth of Divine Combat with Sea (or Se... more The article touches upon the question of the origins of the myth of Divine Combat with Sea (or Sea Monster) and its cosmological associacions. It discusses the interpretations and chronology of the ancient texts from the Middle East, Egypt, India and Greece to solve the problem of chronological priority of „Chaoskampf ” motive in Indo-european or Semitic traditions. The earliest example of this myth may be found in the Mari text form the reign of Zimri-Lim. There is probably no reason to connect the image of Monsterous Sea with Proto-Indo Europen Tradition. Another question is Sitz im Leben of the myth. Most plausible, in the light of geographical studies, is Levantine Coast of Mediterannean Sea. In could determied the origins of the Divine Combat Myth in Amorite Syria.

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Short conference paper published in Polish and touching upon the question of the origins of mithr... more Short conference paper published in Polish and touching upon the question of the origins of mithraic tauroctony and discussing the interpretations of F. Cumont (1894-1900) and D. Ulansay (1989).

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Polish translation of Acta Maximiliani and the comment on early Christian attitude toward militar... more Polish translation of Acta Maximiliani and the comment on early Christian attitude toward military service.

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