Roman Prayers and Hymns within educational contexts of the Roman Republic and Imperial Era (C02)

• Subject Area: Greek and Latin Philology
• Term: from 2015 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 244798977

The project pursues the question of how relevant the aspect of “education” is for prayers and sacred hymns as literary products. A much greater emphasis than has been done so far is to be put on how these specific forms of religious speech are contextualized. The aim is to discern where, why and for what purpose prayers and hymns were included in a work as well as in how far they serve to exhibit “education” in their specific context. Additionally, it shall be explored in how far prayers and hymns proclaim an education-enhancing effect and how much authority the authors of literary prayers and hymns claim for themselves.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1136: Education and Religion in Cultures of the Mediterranean and Its Environment from Ancient to Medieval Times and to the Classical Islam
• Applicant Institution: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Ulrike Egelhaaf-Gaiser