God's library : the archaeology of the earliest Christian manuscripts /: the archaeology of the earliest Christian manuscripts. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brent Nongbri.
• Authors: Nongbri, Brent, 1977-
• Contents: Prologue: reintroducing the earliest Christian manuscripts -- The early Christian book -- The dating game -- Finding early Christian books in Egypt -- A discovery "which threw all others in the shade" : the Beatty Biblical papyri -- An elusive collection : the Bodmer papyri -- Excavating Christian litter and literature at Oxyrhynchus -- Fabricating a second-century codex of the four Gospels -- Epilogue : the future of ancient Christian books.
• Publisher Details: New Haven : Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 403 pages), illustrations, map
• Subjects: 270.1; Christian literature, Early -- Manuscripts -- Antiquities; Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) -- Antiquities; Christianity -- Origin; Christianisme -- Origines; RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History; RELIGION -- Christianity -- History; Christianity -- Origin
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780300240986; 0300240988
• Related ISBNs: 9780300215410
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (DeGruyter, viewed September 13, 2021).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.