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Linjamaa, Paul, 1984-

The Nag Hammadi codices and their ancient readers : exploring textual materiality and reading practice / Paul Linjamaa, Lund University. - online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction : the provenance controversy -- Christian book culture, new philology and gnosticism -- The find story and the ethics of post-modern manuscript archaeology -- The construction of Codex I : scribal errors as clues to context -- Notes made by monks : the marginal markings in Codex I and Codex VIII -- Vowel constellations and secret language -- The sacred symbols in the Nag Hammadi codices : books as weapons in demonic war -- Textual fluidity and multiple versions in monastic textual practice -- Conclusion : the Nag Hammadi codices from a "textual community" perspective.

ISBN: 9781009441483

Subjects--Personal Names:
PACHOMIUS, SAINT --EARLY WORKS TO 1800

Subjects--Topical Terms:
GNOSTIC LITERATURE--EARLY WORKS TO 1800
COPTIC MANUSCRIPTS
MONASTICISM AND RELIGIOUS ORDERS--HISTORY--EGYPT--EARLY CHURCH, CA. 30-600

LC Class. No.: BT1391 / L46N 2024