From the very beginning Christianity was a religion of books--a
lived, but also a written faith. The essays in this collection
focus on the ways in which books were produced, used, treasured,
and conceptualized in the early Christian centuries (AD 100--600).
During this crucial period, just after the New Testament writings
were composed, Christianity grew from the religion of a tiny
minority in the eastern Roman Empire to the religion of the empire
itself, and beyond. To no small extent, this success was based on
the power of its books. Written by experts in the field, the essays
in this volume examine the early Christian book from a wide range
of disciplines: religion, art history, history, Near Eastern
studies, and classics. Topics include theories of the book, book
production and use, books as sacred objects, and problems of
gender, authorship, and authority. By examining Christian books
from multiple perspectives, this book invites readers into the
entire ""bookish"" world of early Christianity: a world of writing
and reading practices, of copying and exchanging texts, of
persuading and debating with books, and of representing holiness
and power through codices of the law, the scriptures, and the lives
of the saints. Essays cover a wide geographical range and discuss
texts written all across the Mediterranean world--in Greek, Latin,
Coptic, Syriac, and Hebrew. All ancient texts are translated into
English, some for the first time. Intended for general readers,
students, and scholars alike--anyone with a serious interest in
early Christianity--this work brings together exciting currents of
new research. It also opens up fresh questions and lines of inquiry
in the study of this perennially important and fascinating subject.
An introduction by Philip Rousseau provides a valuable overview,
followed by essays written by Daniel Boyarin, Catherine Burris,
Catherine Chin, Gillian Clark, Catherine Conybeare, Kim
Haines-Eitzen, Caroline Humfress, Chrysi Kotsifou, John Lowden,
Claudia Rapp, Daniel Sarefield, and Mark Vessey. A comprehensive
consolidated bibliography and index complete the work.
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