Sub-Elite Readers and the Transmission of Christian Literary Texts

It is well-known that the early Jesus movement rapidly organized itself into a 'book culture'. This is particularly noteworthy as Christianity constituted one of the few cultic groups of Mediterranean antiquity which composed its own texts and utilized them in communal worship. Yet among t...

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Main Author: Gousopoulos, Christina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters 2021
In: Ephemerides theologicae Lovanienses
Year: 2021, Volume: 97, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-59
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Church / Christian literature / Transmission / Village / Administrator
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
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