%0 Journal Article %1 john_s._kloppenborg_literate_2014 %A John S. Kloppenborg, %D 2014 %J Journal of Early Christian Studies %K Buch %N 1 %P 21--59 %T Literate Media in Early Christ Groups: The Creation of a Christian Book Culture %V 22 %X The full emergence of Christian book culture in the fourth century was anticipated and prepared for by a series of developments in the second century: by presenting (anachronistically) the early heroes of the Jesus movement as skilled literate communicators; by the emergence of “textual communities” formed around the reading, study, and preservation of books; by valorizing literate culture through the embedding of allusions to books and book culture in Christian documents; and in the very construction of early Christian scriptural documents so as to render them more easily accessible to sub-elite readers.

@article{john_s._kloppenborg_literate_2014, abstract = {The full emergence of Christian book culture in the fourth century was anticipated and prepared for by a series of developments in the second century: by presenting (anachronistically) the early heroes of the Jesus movement as skilled literate communicators; by the emergence of “textual communities” formed around the reading, study, and preservation of books; by valorizing literate culture through the embedding of allusions to books and book culture in Christian documents; and in the very construction of early Christian scriptural documents so as to render them more easily accessible to sub-elite readers.}, added-at = {2014-03-24T12:21:09.000+0100}, author = {{John S. Kloppenborg}}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f0a9bc6e21e7833519fffa02c7521a48/avs}, file = {John S. Kloppenborg_2014_Literate Media in Early Christ Groups.pdf:/Users/stockhausen/Sync/Bibliographie/storage/MPWMW563/John S. Kloppenborg_2014_Literate Media in Early Christ Groups.pdf:application/pdf}, interhash = {8e4d2b17b7ff3df4edb517442eb5a18e}, intrahash = {f0a9bc6e21e7833519fffa02c7521a48}, issn = {1086-3184}, journal = {Journal of Early Christian Studies}, keywords = {Buch}, number = 1, pages = {21--59}, timestamp = {2014-03-24T12:21:09.000+0100}, title = {Literate Media in Early Christ Groups: The Creation of a Christian Book Culture}, volume = 22, year = 2014 }