Course Readings
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Religion in the Roman Empire by Call Number: Doheny BL803 .R58 2007ISBN: 1405106557Publication Date: 2006-06-12 -
The Christians As the Romans Saw Them by Call Number: Doheny Library BL2756 .W54 1984ISBN: 0300030665Publication Date: 1984-09-10
Course Info
Semester: Spring 2019
Instructor: Sheila Briggs
GESM 120g: Seminar in Humanistic Inquiry
InscriptiFact
The InscriptiFact Digital Image Library is designed to allow access via the Internet to high-resolution images of ancient inscriptions and artifacts, primarily from the Near Eastern and Mediterranean Worlds. Included are, for example, Dead Sea Scrolls; cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia and Canaan; papyri from Egypt; inscriptions on stone from Jordan, Lebanon and Cyprus; Hebrew, Aramaic, Ammonite and Edomite inscriptions on a variety of hard media (e.g., clay sherds, copper, semi-precious stones, jar handles); and Egyptian scarabs. These ancient texts represent religious and historical documents that serve as a foundation and historical point of reference for Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the cultures out of which they emerged.
Databases
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Patrologia Orientalis The Patrologia Orientalis Database (POD) is a collection of pa-tristic texts from the Christian East, including works, recorded in non-Latin languages, that come from geographical, cultural, or religious contexts somehow linked to Rome or the Eastern Roman Empire.
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InscriptiFact The InscriptiFact Project is a database designed to allow access via the Internet to high-resolution images of ancient inscriptions from the Near Eastern and Mediterranean Worlds.
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Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations (DARMC) The DARMC makes freely accessible the best available materials for a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) approach to mapping and spatial analysis of the Roman and medieval worlds. It allows innovative spatial and temporal analyses of all aspects of the civilizations of western Eurasia in the first 1500 years of our era, as well as the generation of original maps illustrating differing aspects of ancient and medieval civilization.
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Library of Latin Texts (LLT-A) A major database for Latin texts, the LLT-A (formerly the CLCLT) contains texts from the beginning of Latin literature (Livius Andronicus, 240 BCE) through to the texts of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965).
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Library of Latin Texts (LLT-B) This series serves as a supplement to the Library of Latin Texts, which, from 2009 on, is known as the Library of Latin Texts – Series A (LLT-A).
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Perseus Digital Library A library of materials pertaining to Ancient Greece, which is expanding to include resources on Ancient Rome. Includes lexica, a morphological database, catalog of hundreds of vases, sculptures, coins, buildings, and architectural sites, an atlas of Greece with satellite maps, a historical encyclopedia, works of literature, and many other resources.
USC Libraries
Head, Hoose Library of Philosophy / Humanities Librarian
SUBJECT SPECIALIST - COLLECTIONS, TEACHING & RESEARCH:
* Philosophy
* Religion
* Anthropology
* History of Science & Technology
* Linguistics
* Comparative Literature
SUBJECT SPECIALTIES CONTINUED:
* Manuscript Studies
* Digital Humanities
* Leadership & Project Management
SCALAR DIGITAL HUMANITIES PROJECT:
* USC Illuminated Medieval Manuscripts
LINK: https://scalar.usc.edu/works/usc-illuminated-medieval-manuscripts/index
Research Consultations scheduled via email.