Unruly books: rethinking ancient and academic imaginations of religious texts
This volume explores the idea of the unruly book, from books now known by their titles alone to books that subverted structures of power and gender. The contributors show how these books functioned as "sticky" objects, and they examine the story of what such books signified to the people w...
| Subtitles: | Rethinking ancient and academic imaginations of religious texts |
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| Contributors: | ; ; |
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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London New York
T&T Clark
2025
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| In: | Year: 2025 |
| Further subjects: | B
Christianity
Sacred books
B Islam Sacred books B Littérature religieuse - Histoire et critique B Sacred Books History and criticism B Judaism Texts B Lost books B Judaïsme - Textes B Livres perdus B Religious Literature History and criticism B Lost literature B Christianisme - Livres sacrés B Livres prohibés B Œuvres perdues (Littérature) B Prohibited books B Islam - Livres sacrés |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Unruly books. - London : T&T Clark, 2025. - 9780567715708 |
| Summary: | This volume explores the idea of the unruly book, from books now known by their titles alone to books that subverted structures of power and gender. The contributors show how these books functioned as "sticky" objects, and they examine the story of what such books signified to the people who wrote, read, discussed, yearned for, or even prohibited them. The books examined are those of the first millennium of the Common Era, and the writings of Judaism, Christianity, Islam and related traditions. In particular, the contributors examine the bounty of books within this period that are hard to pin down, whether extant, lost, or imagined-books that challenge modern scholars to reconceptualize our notions of books (biblical or otherwise), religion, manuscript culture, and intellectual history. Through the critical analysis presented in this volume, the contributors negotiate the diverse stories told by unruly books and show that by listening to the stories that books tell, we learn more about the worlds that imagined and discussed them |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-263) and indexes |
| Physical Description: | vi, 273 Seiten, 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-0-567-71568-5 0-567-71568-X |
