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Who were the scribes that copied early Christian literature during the second and third centuries? What roles did they play in the reproduction and dissemination of these writings? To answer these questions, this study utilizes evidence from early Christian literature and the earliest Christian papyri--including their form, physical features, and textual characteristics.

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Kim Haines-Eitzen has produced a thought-provoking, readable and enjoyable book, essential reading for anyone who desires to know more about the illustrious obscure Christians who copied the New Testament in the earliest days. Novum Testamentum ... both informative and enjoyable. Novum Testamentum An especially interesting chapter provides evidence regarding a female scribal culture in the early Christian period ... the book is a step towards a social history of scribes in the second and third centuries. Guardians of Letters is a worthy addition to recent studies on the 'culture', material and otherwise, of reading and writing in early Christianity. Journal of Ecclesiastical History The author ... is not afraid to question and contradict the opinions of the big guns ... She guides her readers with regular reminders and signposts, which serve as summaries and cross references to other parts of the book. Expository Times

[Haines-Eitzen's] illumination of the intersection between literacy and power in antiquity and her interesting section on women scribes are important contributions to our understanding of the social and cultural history of early Christianity. Text critics, those interested in the history of manuscripts, and historians of early Christianity will all be interested in this study. -- The Catholic Biblical Quarterly Kim Haines-Eitzen has produced a thought-provoking, readable and enjoyable book, essential reading for anyone who desires to know more about the illustrious obscure Christians who copied the New Testament in the earliest days. --Novum Testamentum [Haines-Eitzen's] illumination of the intersection between literacy and power in antiquity and her interesting section on women scribes are important contributions to our understanding of the social and cultural history of early Christianity. Text critics, those interested in the history of manuscripts, and historians of early Christianity will all be interested in this study. -- The Catholic Biblical Quarterly This is a thoughtful, judicious book, and I enjoyed reading it. That it raises so many questions is testimony not to its limitations but to its scope. --Bryn Mawr Classical Review Kim Haines-Eitzen has produced a thought-provoking, readable and enjoyable book, essential reading for anyone who desires to know more about the illustrious obscure Christians who copied the New Testament in the earliest days. -- Novum Testamentum Kim Haines-Eitzen has produced a thought-provoking, readable and enjoyable book, essential reading for anyone who desires to know more about the illustrious obscure Christians who copied the New Testament in the earliest days. --Novum Testamentum Haines-Eitzen's study prods New Testament scholars, who often use the critical apparatus and ponder variant readings, to give some thought also to the people and processes that lie behind the manuscript traditions. It is also highly recommended not only for historians of early Christianity and textual critics but for anyone interested in the transition from orality to literacy, gender roles, educationm and the social history of the first several centuries of the Common Era. -- The Journal of the American Academy of Religion

Kim Haines-Eitzen has produced a thought-provoking, readable and enjoyable book, essential reading for anyone who desires to know more about the illustrious obscure Christians who copied the New Testament in the earliest days. Novum Testamentum ... both informative and enjoyable. Novum Testamentum An especially interesting chapter provides evidence regarding a female scribal culture in the early Christian period ... the book is a step towards a social history of scribes in the second and third centuries. Guardians of Letters is a worthy addition to recent studies on the 'culture', material and otherwise, of reading and writing in early Christianity. Journal of Ecclesiastical History The author ... is not afraid to question and contradict the opinions of the big guns ... She guides her readers with regular reminders and signposts, which serve as summaries and cross references to other parts of the book. Expository Times

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