Who were the scribes that copied early Christian literature during the second and third centuries? What roles did they play in the reproduction and dissemination of these writings? To answer these questions, this study utilizes evidence from early Christian literature and the earliest Christian papyri--including their form, physical features, and textual characteristics.
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"[Haines-Eitzen's] illumination of the intersection between literacy and power in antiquity and her interesting section on women scribes are important contributions to our understanding of the social and cultural history of early Christianity. Text critics, those interested in the history of manuscripts, and historians of early Christianity will all be interested in this study."-- The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
"Kim Haines-Eitzen has produced a thought-provoking, readable and enjoyable book, essential reading for anyone who desires to know more about the illustrious obscure Christians who copied the New Testament in the earliest days."--Novum Testamentum
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Kim Haines-Eitzen is at Cornell University.
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The laborious is not necessarily the noble. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
private scribal networks, copying literary texts, multiple copyists, suprascript line, female calligraphers, private copyists, scribal habits, nomina sacra, literary scribes, administrative scribes, female copyists, discursive controversies, scribal titles, female scribes, particular papyrus, initial scribe, scribal modifications, documentary hands, literary papyri, literary hands, early papyri, many copyists, codex form, second exemplar, ancient literacy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Testament, Melito's Homily, Nativity of Mary, Epistles of Peter, Apocryphal Correspondence, Apology of Phileas, Codex Vaticanus, Ode of Solomon, Contra Celsum, Lord Jesus, Victor Martin, Vita Const New!
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The laborious is not necessarily the noble. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
private scribal networks, copying literary texts, multiple copyists, suprascript line, female calligraphers, private copyists, scribal habits, nomina sacra, literary scribes, administrative scribes, female copyists, discursive controversies, scribal titles, female scribes, particular papyrus, initial scribe, scribal modifications, documentary hands, literary papyri, literary hands, early papyri, many copyists, codex form, second exemplar, ancient literacy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Testament, Melito's Homily, Nativity of Mary, Epistles of Peter, Apocryphal Correspondence, Apology of Phileas, Codex Vaticanus, Ode of Solomon, Contra Celsum, Lord Jesus, Victor Martin, Vita Const New!
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- Ancient Literacy by William V. Harris on 9 pages
- Children's Illustrated Bible Stories from The New Testament by Victoria Parker on 9 pages
- Scribes, Script and Books by Leila Avrin on 5 pages
- Egypt in Late Antiquity by Roger S. Bagnall on 5 pages
- Literacy and Power in the Ancient World by Alan K. Bowman on 4 pages
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- Writing and Holiness: The Practice of Authorship in the Early Christian East (Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion) by Derek Krueger in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Apologetic Discourse and the Scribal Tradition: Evidence of the Influence of Apologetic Interests on the Text of the Canonical Gospels (Text-Critical Studies.) by Wayne C. Kannaday on page 1, and Back Matter
- Christian Identity in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman World by Judith M. Lieu on page 30, and Back Matter
- Her Master's Tools?: Feminist And Postcolonial Engagements of Historical-Critical Discourse (Global Perspectives on Biblical Scholarship) by et al Caroline Vander Stichele (Editor) on page 253, and Back Matter
- Christian Identity in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman World by Judith M. Lieu on page 30, and Back Matter
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