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| Author | : Helen Rhee |
| Publisher | : Psychology Press |
| Total Pages | : 282 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780415354882 |
This work concerns the early Christians' self-definitions and self-representations in the context of pagan-Christian conflict, reflected in the literatures from the mid-second to the early third centuries (ca. 150 - 225 CE).
| Author | : Frances Young |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 580 |
| Release | : 2004-04 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9780521460835 |
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| Author | : Roger S. Bagnall |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2021-07-13 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1400833787 |
For the past hundred years, much has been written about the early editions of Christian texts discovered in the region that was once Roman Egypt. Scholars have cited these papyrus manuscripts--containing the Bible and other Christian works--as evidence of Christianity's presence in that historic area during the first three centuries AD. In Early Christian Books in Egypt, distinguished papyrologist Roger Bagnall shows that a great deal of this discussion and scholarship has been misdirected, biased, and at odds with the realities of the ancient world. Providing a detailed picture of the social, economic, and intellectual climate in which these manuscripts were written and circulated, he reveals that the number of Christian books from this period is likely fewer than previously believed. Bagnall explains why papyrus manuscripts have routinely been dated too early, how the role of Christians in the history of the codex has been misrepresented, and how the place of books in ancient society has been misunderstood. The author offers a realistic reappraisal of the number of Christians in Egypt during early Christianity, and provides a thorough picture of the economics of book production during the period in order to determine the number of Christian papyri likely to have existed. Supporting a more conservative approach to dating surviving papyri, Bagnall examines the dramatic consequences of these findings for the historical understanding of the Christian church in Egypt.
| Author | : Harry Y. Gamble |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 1995-01-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780300069181 |
This fascinating and lively book provides the first comprehensive discussion of the production, circulation, and use of books in early Christianity. It explores the extent of literacy in early Christian communities; the relation in the early church between oral tradition and written materials; the physical form of early Christian books; how books were produced, transcribed, published, duplicated, and disseminated; how Christian libraries were formed; who read the books, in what circumstances, and to what purposes. Harry Y. Gamble interweaves practical and technological dimensions of the production and use of early Christian books with the social and institutional history of the period. Drawing on evidence from papyrology, codicology, textual criticism, and early church history, as well as on knowledge about the bibliographical practices that characterized Jewish and Greco-Roman culture, he offers a new perspective on the role of books in the first five centuries of the early church.
| Author | : Justo L. González |
| Publisher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
| Total Pages | : 415 |
| Release | : 2019-08-27 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1611649544 |
Historical events have long been the standard lens through which scholars have sought to understand the theology of Christianity in late antiquity. The lives of significant theological figures, the rejection of individuals and movements as heretical, and the Trinitarian and christological controversiesthe defining theological events of the early churchhave long provided the framework with which to understand the development of early Christian belief. In this groundbreaking work, esteemed historian of Christianity Justo González chooses to focus on the literature of early Christianity. Beginning with the epistolary writings of the earliest Christian writers of the second century CE, he moves through apologies, martyrologies, antiheretical polemics, biblical commentaries, sermons, all the way up through Augustines invention of spiritual autobiography and beyond. Throughout he demonstrates how literary genre played a decisive role in the construction of theological meaning. Covering the earliest noncanonical Christian writings through the fifth century and later, this book will serve as an indispensable guide to students studying the theology of the early church.
| Author | : James McKinnon |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 1989-09-07 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 9780521376242 |
A collection of 400 passages on music from early Christian literature.
| Author | : Claudio Moreschini |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 776 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : |
"Early Christian Greek and Latin literature examines early Christian writings with particular attention paid to their literary characteristics and their effect on the development of Western culture."--Cover.
| Author | : Gay L Byron |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 248 |
| Release | : 2003-10-04 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1134544006 |
How were early Christians influenced by contemporary assumptions about ethnic and colour differences? Why were early Christian writers so attracted to the subject of Blacks, Egyptians, and Ethiopians? Looking at the neglected issue of race brings valuable new perspectives to the study of the ancient world; now Gay Byron's exciting work is the first to survey and theorise Blacks, Egyptians and Ethiopians in Christian antiquity. By combining innovative theory and methodology with a detailed survey of early Christian writings, Byron shows how perceptions about ethnic and color differences influenced the discursive strategies of ancient Christian authors. She demonstrates convincingly that, in spite of the contention that Christianity was to extend to all peoples, certain groups of Christians were marginalized and rendered invisible and silent. Original and pioneering, this book will inspire discussion at every level, encouraging a broader and more sophisticated understanding of early Christianity for scholars and students alike.
| Author | : Kelly Iverson |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 241 |
| Release | : 2021-10-07 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1009033859 |
Scholars of early Christian literature acknowledge that oral traditions lie behind the New Testament gospels. While the concept of orality is widely accepted, it has not resulted in a corresponding effort to understand the reception of the gospels within their oral milieu. In this book, Kelly Iverson reconsiders the experiential context in which early Christian literature was received and interpreted. He argues that reading and performance are distinguishable media events, and, significantly, that they produce distinctive interpretive experiences for readers and audiences alike. Iverson marshals an array of methodological perspectives demonstrating how performance generates a unique experiential context that shapes and informs the interpretive process. Iverson's study explores the dynamic oral environment in which ancient audiences experienced the gospel stories. He shows why an understanding of oral performance has important implications for the study of the NT, as well as for several issues that are largely unquestioned by biblical scholars.
| Author | : David Edward Aune |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 495 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9004143041 |
This volume is a collection of newly published scholarly studies honoring Prof.Dr. David. E. Aune on his 65th birthday. These groundbreaking studies written by prominent international scholars investigate a range of topics in the New Testament and early Christian literature with insights drawn from Greco-Roman culture and Hellenistic Judaism.
