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“The” Earliest Christian Artifacts:

Manuscripts and Christian Origins
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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2006 - Religion - 248 pages
Much attention has been paid to the words of the earliest Christian canonical and extracanonical texts, yet Larry Hurtado points out that an even more telling story is being overlooked -- the story of the physical texts themselves. Widely recognized for his outstanding scholarship, Hurtado combines his comprehensive knowledge of Christian origins with an archivist's eye to make sense of these earliest objects of the faith. He introduces readers to the staurogram, possibly the first representation of the cross, the nomina sacra, a textual abbreviation system, and the puzzling Christian preference for book-like texts over scrolls. Drawing on studies by papyrologists and palaeographers as well as New Testament scholars -- and including photographic plates of selected manuscripts -- The Earliest Christian Artifacts astutely introduces the distinctive physical features of early Christian manuscripts, illustrating their relevance for wider inquiry into the complex origins of Christianity.
  

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Contents

The Texts
15
The Early Christian Preference for the Codex
43
The Nomina Sacra
95
The Staurogram
135
Other Scribal Features
155
Concluding Remarks
191
select bibliography
193
Christian Literary Texts in Manuscripts of the Second and Third Centuries
209
Photographic Plates of Selected Manuscripts
231
index of authors
243
index of manuscripts
245
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Aland ancient appendix artifacts biblical manuscripts biblical texts book form CE3 pap Christian circles Christian codices Christian preference Christian texts Christograms cite Contracted forms copies copyist Date Material Form device discussion earliest Christian early Christian manuscripts early manuscripts extant fourth century fragment Gospel Gospel of John Gospel of Mary Gospel of Thomas Greek Hebrew Hermas Identification Date Material identified Ihsouv instance Jeov Jewish Jewish scribal John Kuriov LDAB letters literary texts Luke manu Matthew nomina sacra nomina sacra forms noted number of lines Old Testament opisthograph original Oxyrhynchus Oxyrhynchus Papyri P.Bod P.Chest.Beatty P.Chester Beatty P.Oxy P.Ryl papyrus codices papyrus roll parchment particular Pauline epistles proposal Psalms Qumran Rahlfs reading recto reflect Roberts and Skeat scholars scribes second and third second century sheet Shepherd of Hermas staurogram suggest tau-rho Tetragrammaton Text Identification Date textual textual criticism third century tian Tuckett Turner Typology words

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About the author (2006)

Larry W. Hurtado is professor of New Testament language, literature, and theology at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Title“The” Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Origins
AuthorLarry W. Hurtado
Editionillustrated
PublisherWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2006
ISBN0802828957, 9780802828958
Length248 pages
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Religion / Antiquities & Archaeology
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