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UNINA9910971906603321 |
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Autore |
Haines-Eitzen Kim |
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Titolo |
Guardians of letters : literacy, power, and the transmitters of early Christian literature / / Kim Haines-Eitzen |
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New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-773945-8 |
1-280-47340-1 |
0-19-535054-5 |
1-4237-6059-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (223 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Christian literature, Early - Rome - History and criticism |
Transmission of texts - Rome |
Scribes - Rome |
Religion |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2000. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 ""I COPIED EVERYTHING LETTER BY LETTER"": Locating the Copyists of Early Christian Literature; 2 ""GIRLS TRAINED FOR BEAUTIFUL WRITING"": Female Scribes in Roman Antiquity and Early Christianity; 3 ""FOR I COULD NOT FIND THE SYLLABLES"": The Education and Training of Early Christian Scribes; 4 ""MAKE AND SEND ME COPIES"": Private Scribal Networks and the Transmission of Early Christian Literature; 5 ""I AM THE GUARDIAN OF LETTERS"": Contested Readings, Authoritative Texts, and Early Christian Scribes; CONCLUSION; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book looks at the question of how early Christian literature came to us in its present form. Drawing on literary and archaeological evidence, the author argues that the scribes who copied this early literature were also the users of it. |
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