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

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