TY  - DATA
AU  - Linjamaa, Paul,
TI  - The Nag Hammadi codices and their ancient readers: exploring textual materiality and reading practice 
SN  - 9781009441483
AV  - BT1391 L46N 2024
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY, USA
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - PACHOMIUS,
KW  - GNOSTIC LITERATURE
KW  - EARLY WORKS TO 1800
KW  - COPTIC MANUSCRIPTS
KW  - MONASTICISM AND RELIGIOUS ORDERS
KW  - EGYPT
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - EARLY CHURCH, CA. 30-600
N1  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009441483
ER  -