Canonisation as Innovation: Anchoring Cultural Formation in the First Millennium Bce

Drawing on case-studies from the first millennium BCE, this volume explores canonisation as a form of cultural formation. The book asks why and how canonisation works and thereby investigates the importance of the concept of anchoring to arrive at innovation in particular.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004520252
• ISBN13: 9789004520257
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"