02802nam 2200613Ia 450 991078497820332120230422045107.00-19-773945-81-280-47340-10-19-535054-51-4237-6059-X(CKB)1000000000408583(EBL)281053(OCoLC)476025357(SSID)ssj0000166162(PQKBManifestationID)11164412(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000166162(PQKBWorkID)10160105(PQKB)11116196(Au-PeEL)EBL281053(CaPaEBR)ebr10269149(CaONFJC)MIL47340(OCoLC)65176528(MiAaPQ)EBC281053(EXLCZ)99100000000040858320000106d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGuardians of letters[electronic resource] literacy, power, and the transmitters of early Christian literature /Kim Haines-EitzenNew York Oxford University Press20001 online resource (223 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-513564-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-210) and index.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; INDEXWho were the scribes who copied early Christian literature during the second and third centuries? What roles did they play in the dissemination of these writings? To answer these questions, this study uses evidence from early Christian literature and the earliest Christian papyri - including their physical features and textual characteristics.Christian literature, EarlyRomeHistory and criticismTransmission of textsRomeScribesRomeChristian literature, EarlyHistory and criticism.Transmission of textsScribes270.1Haines-Eitzen Kim476685MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784978203321Guardians of letters1104627UNINA