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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Stroumsa, Gedaliahu A. G. (1948-....)
Titre(s) : The scriptural universe of ancient Christianity [Texte imprimé] / Guy G. Stroumsa
Publication : Cambridge (Mass.) : Harvard university press, 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (148 p.) ; 25 cm
Comprend : Introduction: A double paradigm shift ; A scriptural galaxy ; A divine palimpsest
; Religious revolution and cultural change ; Scripture and culture ; The new self
and reading practices ; Communities of knowledge ; Eastern wisdoms ; A world full
of letters ; Scriptural and personal authority ; Conclusion: Alexandria, Jerusalem,
Baghdad.
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
Late antiquity saw a revolution in literate culture the consequences of which, for
more than a millennium, were no less dramatic than those of the invention of the movable
type in early modernity. Both the transformation of the physical support of the books
(from scroll to codex) and also, more importantly, the redaction of foundational texts
of new religions, permitted the birth and growth of new, world religions, such as
Christianity, Manichaeism, and then Islam. Within and without the borders of the Roman
Empire, it was often in translation that those texts circulated, and that commentaries
were elaborated, usually in writing but also orally. But the status of books underwent
in the Roman world even more radical changes, which have to do with their central
role in religion and religious education. Books, including sacred books, had of course
existed in archaic and ancient societies, but they were now invested with a new status
as they were taking the place previously held by sacrifice at the very core of ritual.
Sujet(s) : Livres sacrés
Vie chrétienne -- 30-600 (Église primitive)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780674545137. - ISBN 0674545133
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb452573858
Notice n° :
FRBNF45257385
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