Christianity, Book-Burning and Censorship in Late Antiquity. Studies in Text Transmission
The role of Christian institutions, writers and saints in the active suppression and destruction of books in Late Antiquity has received surprisingly little consideration. The author argues that texts and ideas from materialistic philosophical traditions were vulnerable to destruction, censorship or...
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| description | The role of Christian institutions, writers and saints in the active suppression and destruction of books in Late Antiquity has received surprisingly little consideration. The author argues that texts and ideas from materialistic philosophical traditions were vulnerable to destruction, censorship or suppression through prohibition of the copying of manuscripts. This includes texts which were to become the basis for modern philosophy and science. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-431782024-04-08T19:53:23Z Christianity, Book-Burning and Censorship in Late Antiquity. Studies in Text Transmission Rohmann, Dirk BL1-50 Christian polemics censorship Book-burning Epicurean philosophy bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs The role of Christian institutions, writers and saints in the active suppression and destruction of books in Late Antiquity has received surprisingly little consideration. The author argues that texts and ideas from materialistic philosophical traditions were vulnerable to destruction, censorship or suppression through prohibition of the copying of manuscripts. This includes texts which were to become the basis for modern philosophy and science. 2021-02-11T09:50:08Z 2021-02-11T09:50:08Z 2020-02-18 15:12:41 2016 book 44487 18615996 9783110486070 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/43178 eng Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110486070 De Gruyter 10.1515/9783110486070 10.1515/9783110486070 af2fbfcc-ee87-43d8-a035-afb9d7eef6a5 9783110486070 369 open access |
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