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God's Library: The Archaeology of the Earliest Christian Manuscripts
By (author) Brent Nongbri
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A provocative book from a highly original scholar, challenging much of what we know about early Christian manuscripts  “[Nongbri] sets out to demystify the ‘discovery’ of ancient writings, advancing a more sober and realistic framework for assessing the breathless claims and counterclaims that appear in the media. . . . For those wanting to know something of the material basis for the world’s most published (and possibly, read) book, Nongbri’s own book is a gift.â€â€”Luke Timothy Johnson, Commonweal  In this bold and groundbreaking book, Brent Nongbri provides an up-to-date introduction to the major collections of early Christian manuscripts and demonstrates that much of what we thought we knew about these books and fragments is mistaken. While biblical scholars have expended much effort in their study of the texts contained within the earliest Christian manuscripts, there has been a surprising lack of interest in thinking about these books as material objects with individual, unique histories. We have too often ignored the ways that the antiquities market obscures our knowledge of the origins of these manuscripts.  Through painstaking archival research and detailed studies of the most important collections of early Christian manuscripts, Nongbri vividly shows that the earliest Christian books are more than just carriers of texts or samples of handwriting. They are three-dimensional archaeological artifacts with fascinating stories to tell, if we’re willing to listen.
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Publisher | Yale University Press
Published date | 28 Jan 2020
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 416
Dimensions | 235 x 156 x 0mm (L x W x H)
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ISBN | 978-0-3002-4860-9
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BISAC | religion / christianity / history
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