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Christianity, Book-Burning and Censorship in Late Antiquity : Studies in Text Transmission / Dirk Rohmann.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte ; 135Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (IX, 360 p.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783110486070
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification:
  • 230
LOC classification:
  • BR115.C38 R64 2016
  • BR115.C38
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Great Persecution, the Emperor Julian and Christian Reactions -- 2 Fahrenheit AD 451 – Imperial Legislation and Public Authority -- 3 Holy Men, Clerics and Ascetics -- 4 Materialist Philosophy -- 5 Moral Disapproval of Literary Genres -- 6 Destruction of Libraries -- 7 The Post-Roman Successor States -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of persons -- Subject index -- Index of passages
Title is part of eBook package: DG Plus eBook-Package 2016Title is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2016Title is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE Theology, Relig. Studies, Jewish Studies 2016Summary: 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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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Great Persecution, the Emperor Julian and Christian Reactions -- 2 Fahrenheit AD 451 – Imperial Legislation and Public Authority -- 3 Holy Men, Clerics and Ascetics -- 4 Materialist Philosophy -- 5 Moral Disapproval of Literary Genres -- 6 Destruction of Libraries -- 7 The Post-Roman Successor States -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of persons -- Subject index -- Index of passages

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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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