LEADER 03476nam 22005175 450 001 9910150218503321 005 20230810001318.0 010 $a0-674-97486-7 010 $a0-674-97488-3 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674974883 035 $a(CKB)3710000000942221 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4742342 035 $a(DE-B1597)479803 035 $a(OCoLC)984592533 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674974883 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000942221 100 $a20170310d2017 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Scriptural Universe of Ancient Christianity /$fGuy G. Stroumsa 210 1$aCambridge, MA : $cHarvard University Press, $d[2017] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (193 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-674-54513-3 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction: A Double Paradigm Shift -- $t1. A Scriptural Galaxy -- $t2. A Divine Palimpsest -- $t3. Religious Revolution and Cultural Change -- $t4. Scripture and Culture -- $t5. The New Self and Reading Practices -- $t6. Communities of Knowledge -- $t7. Eastern Wisdoms -- $t8. A World Full of Letters -- $t9. Scriptural and Personal Authority -- $tConclusion: Alexandria, Jerusalem, Baghdad -- $tNotes -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex 330 $aThe passage of texts from scroll to codex created a revolution in the religious life of late antiquity. It played a decisive role in the Roman Empire?s conversion to Christianity and eventually enabled the worldwide spread of Christian faith. The Scriptural Universe of Ancient Christianity describes how canonical scripture was established and how scriptural interpretation replaced blood sacrifice as the central element of religious ritual. Perhaps more than any other cause, Guy G. Stroumsa argues, the codex converted the Roman Empire from paganism to Christianity. The codex permitted a mode of religious transmission across vast geographical areas, as sacred texts and commentaries circulated in book translations within and beyond Roman borders. Although sacred books had existed in ancient societies, they were now invested with a new aura and a new role at the core of religious ceremony. Once the holy book became central to all aspects of religious experience, the floodgates were opened for Greek and Latin texts to be reimagined and repurposed as proto-Christian. Most early Christian theologians did not intend to erase Greek and Roman cultural traditions; they were content to selectively adopt the texts and traditions they deemed valuable and compatible with the new faith, such as Platonism. The new cultura christiana emerging in late antiquity would eventually become the backbone of European identity. 606 $aSacred books$xHistory and criticism 606 $aChurch history$yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600 606 $aChristianity and other religions 606 $aBooks$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 615 0$aSacred books$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aChurch history 615 0$aChristianity and other religions. 615 0$aBooks$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 676 $a208/.2 700 $aStroumsa$b Guy G.$0223005 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910150218503321 996 $aThe Scriptural Universe of Ancient Christianity$92894759 997 $aUNINA