Christianity, Book-Burning and Censorship in Late Antiquity (Record no. 61274)
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| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Rohmann, Dirk, |
| Relator term | author |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Christianity, Book-Burning and Censorship in Late Antiquity |
| 246 ## - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | Studies in Text Transmission |
| 264 ## - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | De Gruyter |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2016 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | It is estimated that only a small fraction, less than 1 per cent, of ancient literature has survived to the present day. The role of Christian authorities in the active suppression and destruction of books in Late Antiquity has received surprisingly little sustained consideration by academics. In an approach that presents evidence for the role played by Christian institutions, writers and saints, this book analyses a broad range of literary and legal sources, some of which have hitherto been little studied. Paying special attention to the problem of which genres and book types were likely to be targeted, the author argues that in addition to heretical, magical, astrological and anti-Christian books, other less obviously subversive categories of literature were also vulnerable to destruction, censorship or suppression through prohibition of the copying of manuscripts. These include texts from materialistic philosophical traditions, texts which were to become the basis for modern philosophy and science. This book examines how Christian authorities, theologians and ideologues suppressed ancient texts and associated ideas at a time of fundamental transformation in the late classical world. |
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| Uncontrolled term | Agriculture |
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| Uncontrolled term | Christian Church |
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| Uncontrolled term | History |
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| Uncontrolled term | Religion |
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| Uncontrolled term | Technology & Engineering |
| 856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46037/1/external_content.pdfhttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46037">https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46037/1/external_content.pdfhttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46037</a> |
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| Koha item type | E-Book |
| Withdrawn status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Directory of Open Access Books | Directory of Open Access Books | 11/28/2022 | 11/28/2022 | 11/28/2022 | E-Book |