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Title: | Erich Becker and Malta Sotteranea - exposing the achievements of a dark horse of Christian archaeology |
Authors: | Fenech, Katrin |
Keywords: | Becker, Erich, 1883-1959 Archaeologists -- Biography Becker, Erich, 1883-1959. Malta Sotterranea, Studien zur altchristlichen und jiidischen Sepulkralkuns Funeral rites and ceremonies, Early Christian -- Malta Malta -- History -- To 870 Christian antiquities -- Malta Archaeology -- Methodology Catacombs -- Malta Christian inscriptions -- Malta |
Issue Date: | 2003 |
Publisher: | The Archaeological Society |
Citation: | Fenech, K. (2003). Erich Becker and Malta Sotteranea - exposing the achievements of a dark horse of Christian archaeology. Malta Archaeological Review, 5, 8-15 |
Abstract: | Becker's 1913 publication Malta Sotterranea, Studien zur altchristlichen und jiidischen Sepulkralkunst- studies of Malta's early Christian and Jewish sepulchral art- is a work often quoted and sometimes even copied by authors writing on Malta's catacombs and Late Antiquity. Its value was recognised by many scholars, but to date very few have managed to fully grasp and understand it. Certainly, one does not need to understand much German to realise that his study was exceptionally thorough and methodical. But one needs to master German and German grammar perfectly in order to follow his line of reasoning - which is why many remarkable conclusions and discoveries in Malta Sotterranea were at best ignored, or at worst wrongly quoted or totally misunderstood. Ironically, it is thanks to the latter that his book never slipped into oblivion. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/49605 |
Appears in Collections: | MAR, Issue 05 (2001) MAR, Issue 05 (2001) |
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