Greetings in the Lord: early Christians and the Oxyrhynchus papyri
"Investigates private letters and official documents found at the ancient Egyptian city of Oxyrhynchus pertaining to Christians in the pre-Constantinian era, taking the reader to the marketplace, church, and court room. Analyzes scribal habits, discovers the city's first known bishop and e...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.]
Harvard Univ. Press
2008
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Harvard theological studies (60)
Year: 2008 |
| Reviews: | , in: RBLit (2009)* (2009)* (Elliott, J.K.) , in: CBQ 72 (2010) 151-153 (Pervo, Richard I.) , in: JECS 18/1 (2010) 150-152 (Rowlandson, Jane) , in: BASPap 47 (2010) 355-358 (Choat, Malcolm) , in: RBLit 13 (2011)* 13 (2011)* (Van der Horst, Pieter W.) , in: RBLit 13 (2011) 479-480 (Van der Horst, Pieter W.) |
| Series/Journal: | Harvard theological studies
60 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Oxyrhynchos
/ Papyrus
/ Church
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| IxTheo Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HC New Testament HD Early Judaism HH Archaeology |
| Further subjects: | B
Papyrology
B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 B Bahnasā (Egypt) Church history B Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) (Egypt) (Bahnasā) B Oxyrhynchus (Extinct city) Church history B Oxyrhynchus Papyri B Oxyrhynchos B Early Judaism B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 |
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| Summary: | "Investigates private letters and official documents found at the ancient Egyptian city of Oxyrhynchus pertaining to Christians in the pre-Constantinian era, taking the reader to the marketplace, church, and court room. Analyzes scribal habits, discovers the city's first known bishop and examines his work, and finds evidence of Christian resistance during times of persecution"--Provided by publisher "Investigates private letters and official documents found at the ancient Egyptian city of Oxyrhynchus pertaining to Christians in the pre-Constantinian era, taking the reader to the marketplace, church, and court room. Analyzes scribal habits, discovers the city's first known bishop and examines his work, and finds evidence of Christian resistance during times of persecution"--Provided by publisher |
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| ISBN: | 0674025954 |