Reading and Writing in the Time of JesusJesus never wrote a book. Most scholars assume that information about Jesus was preserved only orally up until the writing of the Gospels, allowing ample time for the stories of Jesus to grow and diversify. Alan Millard here argues that written reports about Jesus could have been made during his lifetime and that some among his audiences and followers may very well have kept notes, first-hand documents that the Evangelists could weave into their narratives. |
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Contents
Chapter 2 | 20 |
EARLY CHRISTIAN MANUSCRIPTS | 42 |
PAGE VERSUS ROLL | 61 |
WRITING IN HERODIAN PALESTINE | 84 |
Ostracon from Masada | 97 |
Nabataean graffito on a rock face in Petra | 101 |
Thamudicinscriptions written vertically on a rock in Wadi alLeyyah | 102 |
Stone weight | 109 |
A POLYGLOT SOCIETY | 132 |
Greek deed concerning the sale of a date crop | 133 |
Inscriptions on an ossuary | 135 |
Part of a storage jar | 137 |
Masada tokens or coupons | 139 |
WHO READ AND WHO WROTE? | 154 |
Chapter 6 | 155 |
View of the synagogue at Gamla destroyed in AD 67 | 160 |
Greek inscription first century AD | 111 |
Stamps on handles of amphorae | 112 |
Ossuary inscribed with the name John in Greek | 114 |
Greek ostracon from the Jewish garrison on Masada | 116 |
Ossuary inscribed with the name of Shitrat | 118 |
Hebrew letters and numerals to guide builders | 122 |
Latin inscription from Caesarea | 127 |
Roman amphorae found at Masada | 129 |
Part of an amphora from Masada | 130 |
Papyrus fragment Vergils Aeneid | 131 |
Wooden tablets containing old records | 173 |
Beth Maskhu deed with signatures of witnesses | 177 |
ORAL TRADITION OR WRITTEN REPORTS? | 185 |
Chapter 7 | 189 |
Wooden writing tablet | 207 |
WRITING AND THE GOSPELS | 210 |
Bibliography | 230 |
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Page 249 - FAC-SIMILES OF CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE GOSPEL OF ST. MATTHEW, AND OF THE EPISTLES OF ST. JAMES AND ST. JUDE, Written on Papyrus in the First Century, and preserved in the Egyptian Museum of Joseph Mayer, Esq., Liverpool ; with a Portrait of St.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Reading and Writing in the Time of Jesus Understanding the Bible and Its World |
| Author | Allan Millard |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | A&C Black, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0567083489, 9780567083487 |
| Length | 288 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Christianity / History |
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