Guardians of letters : literacy, power, and the transmitters of early Christian literature /
Who were the scribes who copied early Christian literature during the second and third centuries? What roles did they play in the reproduction and dissemination of these writings? To answer these questions, this study uses evidence from early Christian literature and the earliest Christian papyri -...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Who were the scribes who copied early Christian literature during the second and third centuries? What roles did they play in the reproduction and dissemination of these writings? To answer these questions, this study uses evidence from early Christian literature and the earliest Christian papyri - including their form, physical features, and textual characteristics. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 212 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-210) and index. |
| ISBN: | 142376059X 9781423760597 1280473401 9781280473401 9780195135640 0195135644 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
