Greetings in the Lord : early Christians and the Oxyrhynchus papyri /

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Main Author: Luijendijk, AnneMarie (Author)

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Language: English

Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School : Distributed by Harvard University Press, c2008.

Series: Harvard theological studies ; 60.

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Call Number: BR1380 .L85 2008

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245 1 0 |a Greetings in the Lord :  |b early Christians and the Oxyrhynchus papyri /  |c AnneMarie Luijendijk. 
264 1 |a Cambridge, Massachusetts :  |b Harvard Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School :  |b Distributed by Harvard University Press,  |c c2008. 
300 |a xix, 294 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 22 cm. 
490 1 |a Harvard theological studies ;   |v 60. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-275) and indexes. 
505 0 |a •Acknowledgments •Abbreviations •A Note on Translations •Chapter One. Destination Oxyrhynchus: Historical Detective Work In The Footsteps Of Monks and Papyrologists •The Historia Monachorum in Aegypto •"The Kind of Papyri Which We Most Desired To Find" •"The Glorious and Most Glorious City of the Oxyrhynchites" •"A Veritable Supermarket of Gods and Goddesses" •Part 1. Meeting Christians at the Marketplace •Chapter Two. How Do You Know A Christian When You See One? God, Christians, And Personal Names •Finding God at Oxyrhynchus •Letter to Apollo (P.Oxy. 14.1680) •The Use of the World Christian •What's in a Name? Nomenclature as Marker of Christian Identity •Biblical Names: Jacob and Maria •Chapter Three. What's In A Nomen? Recognizing Christians Through Nomina Sacra •Nomina Sacra in Letters from Oxyrhynchus •Nomina Sacra and Christian Education •Nomina Sacra in a Bookish Milieu (P.Oxy. 63.4365) •A Christian Scribe from Oxyrhynchus (P.Oxy. 12.1592) •Part 2. Papa Sotas, Bishop of Oxyrhynchus •Chapter Four. "Beloved Papa Sotas": Recommendation, Networking, and Christian Education •Sotas to Paul (PSI 9.1041) •Sotas to Peter (PSI 3.208) •The Presbyters of Heracleopolis to Sotas (P.Oxy. 36.2785) •(Sot)as to Maximus (P.Alex. 29) •Establishing Sotas •Habemus papam •Letters of Recommendation •Forming a Picture of a Christian Community •Chapter Five. The Business of The Bishop: Fundraising, Travel, and Book Production •An Ancient Fundraising Letter (P.Oxy. 12.1492) •Sotas the Christian at Antioch (SB 12.10772) •Book Production at Oxyrhynchus •Part 3. Legal Matters and Government Dealings •Chapter Six. Searching For Christians In Official Papers: Certificates Of Sacrifice, Summons, And Property Confiscation •Emperor Decius and the Libelli •Libelli from Oxyrhynchus •Libellus for Aurelius L...and Children (P.Oxy. 4.658) •Libellus for Aurelius Gaius, Taos, and Children (P.Oxy. 12.1464) •Subscriptions on a Libellus (P.Oxy. 41.2990) •Libellus for Aurelius Amois, Taamois, and Taharpaesis (P.Oxy. 58.3929) •The Commission of Sacrifices at Oxyrhynchus •Who Had to Sacrifice? •The Emperor Valerian and the Christians •Wanted: "Petosorapis, Son of Horus, Christian" (P.Oxy. 42.3035) •Official Document Mentioning Christians (P.Oxy. 43.3119) •Chapter Seven. Subversion And Resistance During The Great Persecution: From Countryside Church To Alexandrian Courtroom •Inspecting a Church in Rural Egypt During the Great Persecution (P.Oxy. 33.2673) •Meeting Government Officials •Reader of a Village Church •Church Inventory •Missing Manuscripts •Paul of the Oxyrhynchite Nome: Martyr of the Great Persecution (P.Oxy. 33.2665) •Aurelius Athanasius: A Christian in the Imperial Government •Balancing Belief and Business (P.Oxy. 31.2601) •An Easy Way Out? •Chapter Eight. Early Christians In The Oxyrhynchus Papyri: New Voices In Ancient History •Literary Polemics Versus Documentary Papyri •Clergy, Church, and Congregation at Oxyrhynchus •From Peace to Persecution •Voices of Women •Adieu to Oxyrhynchus •Plates •Bibliography •Index of Primary Sources •Index of Authors and Subjects 
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