Guardians of letters : literacy, power, and the transmitters of early Christian literature /

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Author / Creator:	Haines-Eitzen, Kim.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 212 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Christian literature, Early -- Latin authors -- History and criticism. Transmission of texts -- Rome. Scribes -- Rome. Christian literature, Early -- Latin authors. Scribes. Transmission of texts. Rome (Empire) Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11142180

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ISBN:	142376059X 9781423760597 1280473401 9781280473401 9780195135640 0195135644 0195135644
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-210) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Who were the scribes who 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 uses evidence from early Christian literature and the earliest Christian papyri - including their form, physical features, and textual characteristics.
Other form:	Print version: Haines-Eitzen, Kim. Guardians of letters. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000 0195135644

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