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Early Christian Books in Egypt In Early Christian Books in Egypt distinguished papyrologist Roger Bagnall shows that a great deal of this discussion and scholarship has been misdirected biased and at odds with the realities of the ancient world Providing a detailed picture of the social economic and intellectual climate in which these manuscripts were written and circulated he reveals that the number of Christian books from this period is likely fewer than previously believed Bagnall R Early Christian Books in Egypt Hardcover Early Christian Books in Egypt Roger S Bagnall Roger S Bagnall is professor of ancient history and director of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University His books include Egypt in Late Antiquity Princeton Early Christian Books in Egypt by Roger S Bagnall In Early Christian Books in Egypt distinguished papyrologist Roger Bagnall shows that a great deal of this discussion and scholarship has been misdirected biased and at odds with the realities of the ancient world Providing a detailed picture of the social economic and intellectual climate in which these manuscripts were written and circulated he reveals that the number of Christian books from this period is likely fewer than previously believed Early Christian Books in Egypt Biblical and Early 1 The first chapter The dating of the earliest Christian books in Egypt as indeed the rest of the book brings to the fore the state of research on the earliest Christianity of which much is deemed rather narrow and “profoundly at odds with fundamental social realities of the ancient world and with basic probability” p 1 In this scholarship who has been “for more than a century obsessed with questions about the nature of early Christianity of Christian origins” p 2 a Early Christian Books in Egypt Roger S Bagnall Disputing much of recent scholarship Bagnall relates why he thinks the papyri are routinely given too early a date how the role of Christians in the history of the codex has been misrepresented why estimates of believers in Egypt are too high how the actual role of books in ancient society has been misunderstood 136 pages hardcover Early Christian books in Egypt Book 2009 In Early Christian Books in Egypt distinguished papyrologist Roger Bagnall shows that a great deal of this discussion and scholarship has been misdirected biased and at odds with the realities of the ancient world Early Christian Books in Egypt Roger S Bagnall In Early Christian Books in Egypt distinguished papyrologist Roger Bagnall shows that a great deal of this discussion and scholarship has been misdirected biased and at odds with the realities of the ancient world Bagnall on Early Christian Books in Egypt Textual criticism In Early Christian Books in Egypt distinguished papyrologist Roger Bagnall shows that a great deal of this discussion and scholarship has been misdirected biased and at odds with the realities of the ancient world Providing a detailed picture of the social economic and intellectual climate in which these manuscripts were written and Customer reviews Early Christian Books in Egypt Roger S Bagnall in Early Christian Books in Egypt has provided a work which disputes many of the assumptions and accepted norms of modern papyri scholarship The author delivers evidence and unique contentions which suggest that Many papyri are incorrectly assumed to be an early date Numerous ancient books have often been misunderstood Christianity in Egypt Wikipedia Christianity in Egypt The history of Christianity in Egypt dates to the Roman era as Alexandria was an early center of Christianity Egypt used to be a majority Christian country however between the 11th and 14th century most Christians converted to Islam after the Islamic conquest
