The Early Christian Book </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Klingshirn, William E.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Editor</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">6:3</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Catholic University of America Press</publisher> <dateIssued>2007</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>31428tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback, illustrations</extent> <extent>24cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>... 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...</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">William E. Klingshirn, Linda Safran</note> <subject> <topic>Christianity and culture -- History -- Early church, ca 30-600</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>early Christian literature</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">281</classification> <classification authority="ddc">W716-K65</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780813215310</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/11140/early.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/11140/early.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg"/> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2023-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070959.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>