The Teabo Manuscript: Maya Christian Copybooks, Chilam Balams, and Native Text Production in Yucatan: Maya Christian Copybooks, Chilam Balams, and ... Series in Maya and Pre-columbian Studies)

Christensen, Mark Z.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1477310819 ISBN 13: 9781477310816

Verlag: University of Texas Press, 2016

Críticas:

"[An] illuminating selection of Maya Christian writings that are authoritatively introduced and contextualized by Christensen." * American Historical Review * "Christensen's translation as well as his black and white images of the entire manuscript will be invaluable to scholars working on Maya documents. Future authors should take note of Christensen's diligent efforts to bring this manuscript to light." * Journal of the American Academy of Religion * "From the structure of the book to the analytical execution, Christensen has done an excellent job of allowing the Teabo Manuscript to speak for itself and tell the story recorded within it." * Reading Religion *

Reseña del editor:

Winner, LASA Mexico Humanities Book Prize, 2017 Among the surviving documents from the colonial period in Mexico are rare Maya-authored manuscript compilations of Christian texts, translated and adapted into the Maya language and worldview, which were used to evangelize the local population. The Morely Manuscript is well known to scholars, and now The Teabo Manuscript introduces an additional example of what Mark Z. Christensen terms a Maya Christian copybook. Recently discovered in the archives of Brigham Young University, the Teabo Manuscript represents a Yucatecan Maya recounting of various aspects of Christian doctrine, including the creation of the world, the Fall of Adam and Eve, and the genealogy of Christ. The Teabo Manuscript presents the first English translation and analysis of this late colonial Maya-language document, a facsimile and transcription of which are also included in the book. Working through the manuscript section by section, Christensen makes a strong case for its native authorship, as well as its connections with other European and Maya religious texts, including the Morely Manuscript and the Books of Chilam Balam. He uses the Teabo Manuscript as a platform to explore various topics, such as the evangelization of the Maya, their literary compositions, and the aspects of Christianity that they deemed important enough to write about and preserve. This pioneering research offers important new insights into how the Maya negotiated their precontact intellectual traditions within a Spanish and Catholic colonial world.