| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 427 pages) : color illustrations |
| Series |
New Testament tools, studies, and documents, 0077-8842 ; v. 39 |
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New Testament tools, studies and documents ; v. 39.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Editing Sigla; 1. Introduction; I. Scholarship and the Christian Remains from Oxyrhynchus; II. The Study: Argument and Structure; III. Caveats; 2. Writing Christian; I. Scholarship and Papyrus Letters Written by Christians; II. Markers of Christian Identity within Letters; i. The Nomen Christianum and Self-Identification; ii. Crosses and Monograms; iii. Isopsephisms and Acrostics; iv. Nomina Sacra; v. Monotheistic Terminology and Phraseology; a. Invocations and Obeisances; b. Greetings and Farewells; c. Monotheistic Epithets; d. Monotheistic Phrases |
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Vi. Familial Language and the Use of agaphtosvii. Miscellaneous Markers; viii. Conclusions; ix. Postscript; 3. Mapping Christians; I. Travel and Communication in Roman and Byzantine Egypt; II. Detectable Travel Motives in the Letters; III. Patterns of Travel and Epistolary Networks; IV. Conclusions; 4. Christians of the Book?; I. Christians and Their Texts; II. Learned Christians?; III. The Use of ""Scripture"" in the Letters; i. Scriptural Citations; ii. Scriptural Quotations; iii. Scriptural Echoes and Reminiscences; IV. Conclusions; 5. What's in a Name? |
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I. Onomastic Data and Religious Adherence in AntiquityII. Nomina Christiana; i. Biblical Names; ii. Names of Martyrs and Saints; iii. Names Carrying Christian Connotations; III. Nomina Christiana in Epistulae; i. Biblical Names; ii. Names of Martyrs and Saints; iii. Names Carrying Christian Connotations; iv. Female Names; IV. Nomina Pagana; V. Conclusions; 6. Reading Someone Else's Mail; Epilogue. The Demise of Christian Oxyrhynchus; Appendix; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Authors; Index of Biblical References; Index of Select Greek Terms and Phrases; Index of Modern Authors |
| Summary |
This book offers a detailed survey of the surviving Christian letters from Oxyrhynchus, which up until this time have never been collectively examined, and shows how this unique body of evidence can be used to elucidate a number of issues relating not only to Christianity in the Oxyrhynchite but also larger Christianity in late antique Egypt |
| Notes |
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Toronto, 2009 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Oxyrhynchus papyri. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84218516
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Oxyrhynchus papyri fast |
| Subject |
Christian literature, Early.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
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Christian literature, Early
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011045891 |
| ISBN |
9789004180987 |
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9004180982 |
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1280126604 |
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9781280126604 |
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9786613530462 |
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6613530468 |
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