Books and readers in the premodern world: essays in honor of Harry Gamble

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Materiality of Books -- Papyrus beyond Writing -- The Transformative Role of Paper in the Literary Culture of the Islamic Lands -- From the Oral to the Written -- From Ancient to Medieval Books -- Part 2: Literary C...

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Contributors: Shuve, Karl (Editor) ; Gamble, Harry Y. 1941- (Honoree)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Atlanta Society of Biblical Literature 2018
In: Writings from the Greco-Roman world (number 12)
Year: 2018
Reviews:[Rezension von: Books and readers in the premodern world] (2020) (Eberhart, Zechariah)
Series/Journal:Writings from the Greco-Roman world Supplement series number 12
Further subjects:B Gamble, Harry Y. 1941-
Online Access: Volltext (Aggregator)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Materiality of Books -- Papyrus beyond Writing -- The Transformative Role of Paper in the Literary Culture of the Islamic Lands -- From the Oral to the Written -- From Ancient to Medieval Books -- Part 2: Literary Cultures -- Books and Private Readers in Early Christian Oxyrhynchus -- The Bible in the Qur'an -- the Qur'an in the Bible -- Unreliable Books -- Contributors -- Primary Sources Index -- Modern Authors Index
ISBN:0884143317