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

该项目追求的问题是，“教育”方面与祈祷和圣歌作为文学产品的相关性如何。比目前所做的更加强调的是，这些特定形式的宗教言论是如何被语境化的。目的是辨别祈祷和赞美诗被包含在作品中的位置，原因和目的，以及它们在特定背景下展示“教育”的程度。此外，还应探讨祈祷文和赞美诗在多大程度上宣扬了一种促进教育的效果，以及文学祈祷文和赞美诗的作者为自己主张了多大的权威。

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.