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Review of, and comments on, Guy Stroumsa's fascinating investigation into the ‘scriptural universe’ of ancient Christianity, about the transformation of the status and function of books in the Christianised Roman world and how Christianity’s attitude to Scripture impacted attitudes toward books.

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Critical evaluation of many important points in the study of late antiquity, its culture, and its religions.

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This page is a summary of: G. G. STROUMSA, THE SCRIPTURAL UNIVERSE OF ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY. Cambridge, MA/London: Harvard University Press, 2016. Pp. vii + 184. isbn9780674545137. £29.95., The Journal of Roman Studies, May 2018, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0075435818000400.
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