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Lettered Christians [electronic resource] : Christians, letters, and late antique Oxyrhynchus / by Lincoln H. Blumell.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Blumell, Lincoln H. (Lincoln Harris), 1975-
Series:
New Testament tools, studies and documents ; v. 39.
New Testament tools, studies and documents, 0077-8842 ; v. 39
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Christian literature, Early.
Oxyrhynchus papyri.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (452 p.)
Place of Publication:
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
With the discovery of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri just over a century ago a number of important texts directly relating to ancient Christianity have come to light. While certain literary texts have received considerable attention in scholarship by comparison the documentary evidence relating to Christianity has received far less attention and remains rather obscure. To help redress this imbalance, and to lend some context to the Christian literary materials, this book examines the extant Christian epistolary remains from Oxyrhynchus between the third and seventh centuries CE. Drawing upon this unique corpus of evidence, which until this point has never been collectively nor systematically treated, this book breaks new ground as it employs the letters to consider various questions relating to Christianity in the Oxyrhynchite. Not only does this lucid study fill a void in scholarship, it also gives a number of insights that have larger implications on Christianity in late antiquity.
Contents:
Preliminary Material / Lincoln H. Blumell
Introduction / Lincoln H. Blumell
Writing Christian / Lincoln H. Blumell
Mapping Christians: Travel and Epistolary Networks in Christian Letters from Oxyrhynchus / Lincoln H. Blumell
Christians of the Book? / Lincoln H. Blumell
What’s in a Name? / Lincoln H. Blumell
Reading Someone Else’s Mail / Lincoln H. Blumell
Epilogue. The Demise of Christian Oxyrhynchus / Lincoln H. Blumell
Appendix / Lincoln H. Blumell
Bibliography / Lincoln H. Blumell
Index of Ancient Authors / Lincoln H. Blumell
Index of Biblical References / Lincoln H. Blumell
Index of Select Greek Terms and Phrases / Lincoln H. Blumell
Index of Modern Authors / Lincoln H. Blumell
Index of Papyri and Inscriptions / Lincoln H. Blumell
Index of Subjects / Lincoln H. Blumell.
Notes:
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Toronto, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:
1-280-12660-4
9786613530462
90-04-18098-2
OCLC:
782907403
Publisher Number:
10.1163/9789004180987 DOI

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