The scriptural universe of ancient Christianity

Late antiquity saw a revolution in literate culture the consequences of which, for more than a millennium, were no less dramatic than those of the invention of the movable type in early modernity. Both the transformation of the physical support of the books (from scroll to codex) and also, more impo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Stroumsa, Guy G. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Harvard University Press 2016.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b40546871*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: A double paradigm shift
  • A scriptural galaxy
  • A divine palimpsest
  • Religious revolution and cultural change
  • Scripture and culture
  • The new self and reading practices
  • Communities of knowledge
  • Eastern wisdoms
  • A world full of letters
  • Scriptural and personal authority
  • Conclusion: Alexandria, Jerusalem, Baghdad.