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Christianity and the Transformation of the Book : Origen, Eusebius, and the Library of Caesarea / Anthony GRAFTON.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674030480
  • 9780674037861
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 270.10922 22
LOC classification:
  • BR67.2 .G73 2008eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Cast of Characters -- Introduction: Scholars, Books, and Libraries in the Christian Tradition -- 1. Origen at Caesarea: A Christian Philosopher among His Books -- 2. Origen's Hexapla: Scholarship, Culture, and Power -- 3. Eusebius's Chronicle: History Made Visible -- 4. Eusebius at Caesarea: A Christian Impresario of the Codex -- Coda: Caesarea in History and Tradition -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: Christianity and the Transformation of the Book combines broad-gauged synthesis and close textual analysis to reconstruct the kinds of books and the ways of organizing scholarly inquiry and collaboration among the Christians of Caesarea, on the coast of Roman Palestine. The book explores the dialectical relationship between intellectual history and the history of the book, even as it expands our understanding of early Christian scholarship.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674037861

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Cast of Characters -- Introduction: Scholars, Books, and Libraries in the Christian Tradition -- 1. Origen at Caesarea: A Christian Philosopher among His Books -- 2. Origen's Hexapla: Scholarship, Culture, and Power -- 3. Eusebius's Chronicle: History Made Visible -- 4. Eusebius at Caesarea: A Christian Impresario of the Codex -- Coda: Caesarea in History and Tradition -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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Christianity and the Transformation of the Book combines broad-gauged synthesis and close textual analysis to reconstruct the kinds of books and the ways of organizing scholarly inquiry and collaboration among the Christians of Caesarea, on the coast of Roman Palestine. The book explores the dialectical relationship between intellectual history and the history of the book, even as it expands our understanding of early Christian scholarship.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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