The Earliest Christian Artifacts <subTitle>Manuscripts and Christian origins</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Hurtado, Larry W.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">(1943-...)</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">8:1</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">Grand Rapids, Michigan</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company</publisher> <dateIssued>2006</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">0 e</languageTerm> </language> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">ng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>248tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback</extent> <extent>23cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>`Much attention has been paid to the words of the earliest Christian canonical and extracanonical texts, yet Larry Hurtado points out that an even more telling story is being overlooked - the story of the physical texts themselves. He introduces readers to the staurogram, possibly the first representation of the cross, the nomina sacra, a textual abbreviation system, and the puzzling Christian preference for book-like texts over scrolls.` `Drawing on studies by papyrologists and palaeographers as well as New Testament scholars - and including photographic plates of selected manuscripts - The Earliest Christian Artifacts examines the distinctive physical features of early Christian manuscripts, illustrating their relevance for wider inquiry into the complex origins of Christianity.`</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Larry W. Hurtado</note> <subject> <topic>Christianity -- Origin</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Christian literature, Early -- Manuscripts</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">270.1</classification> <classification authority="ddc">L334-H97</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780802828958</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/5915/the-earliest-christian-artifacts.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/5915/the-earliest-christian-artifacts.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg">1</recordContentSource> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2021-1</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070402.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>