Christianity, book-burning, and censorship in late antiquity : studies in text transmission / Dirk Rohmann.

By:

Rohmann, Dirk

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Arbeiten zur KirchengeschichtePublication details: Boston : De Gruyter, [2016]Description: 1 online resource (ix, 360 p.) : illustrationsISBN:

9783110485554
3110485559
9783110486070
3110486075

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Christianity, book-burning, and censorship in late antiquity.DDC classification:

002.09/015 23

LOC classification:

BR115.C38

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Contents:

The Great Persecution, the Emperor Julian and Christian Reactions -- Fahrenheit AD 451 – Imperial Legislation and Public Authority -- Holy Men, Clerics and Ascetics -- Materialist Philosophy -- Moral Disapproval of Literary Genres -- Destruction of Libraries -- The Post-Roman Successor States.

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Elektronička knjiga	Open Acess (Otvoreni pristup)	OAB002.09/015ROHch (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Otvoreni pristup		6170738

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Great Persecution, the Emperor Julian and Christian Reactions --
Fahrenheit AD 451 – Imperial Legislation and Public Authority --
Holy Men, Clerics and Ascetics --
Materialist Philosophy --
Moral Disapproval of Literary Genres --
Destruction of Libraries --
The Post-Roman Successor States.

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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