Christianity, book-burning and censorship in late antiquity : : studies in text transmission / / Dirk Rohmann.
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...
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Rohmann, Dirk, author. Christianity, book-burning and censorship in late antiquity : studies in text transmission / Dirk Rohmann. De Gruyter 2016 Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2016. ©2016 1 online resource (370 pages). text txt computer c online resource cr Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte, 1861-5996 ; Volume 135 Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph English funded by Knowledge Unlatched This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy 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. 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 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Unrestricted online access star Issued also in print. Censorship Religious aspects Christianity History. Prohibited books History. Book burning History. Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Book-burning. Christian polemics. Epicurean philosophy. censorship. Knowledge Unlatched funder. fnd http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fnd 3-11-048445-5 Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte ; Volume 135. |
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