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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820559803321

Autore

Grafton Anthony

Titolo

Christianity and the transformation of the book [[electronic resource] ] : Origen, Eusebius, and the library of Caesarea / / Anthony Grafton and Megan Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-674-03786-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p. ) : ill

Classificazione

AN 17850

Altri autori (Persone)

WilliamsMegan Hale <1969->

Disciplina

270.10922

Soggetti

Christian literature, Early - History and criticism

Libraries and scholars

Books - History - To 400

Libraries - Israel - Caesarea - History - To 400

Caesarea (Israel) Intellectual life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-290) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Cast of Characters -- Introduction: Scholars, Books, and Libraries in the Christian Tradition -- 1. Origen at Caesarea: A Christian Philosopher among His Books -- 2. Origen's Hexapla: Scholarship, Culture, and Power -- 3. Eusebius's Chronicle: History Made Visible -- 4. Eusebius at Caesarea: A Christian Impresario of the Codex -- Coda: Caesarea in History and Tradition -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Christianity and the Transformation of the Book combines broad-gauged synthesis and close textual analysis to reconstruct the kinds of books and the ways of organizing scholarly inquiry and collaboration among the Christians of Caesarea, on the coast of Roman Palestine. The book explores the dialectical relationship between intellectual history and the history of the book, even as it expands our understanding of early Christian scholarship.