Roger S. Bagnall
American papyrologist and ancient historian, longtime Columbia University professor and founding director of New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, noted for scholarship on Greco-Roman Egypt and papyrology.
Books
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1. Early Christian Books In Egypt
A concise reassessment of papyrological evidence from Roman Egypt, this study argues that earlier scholarship exaggerated the prevalence, early dating, and distinctiveness of Christian manuscripts. By scrutinizing identifications, datings, and archaeological contexts, it finds that Christian texts were relatively scarce before the fourth century and that the codex format was not uniquely or originally a Christian innovation. It urges methodological caution and emphasizes how literacy, book production, and community size shape the surviving record.
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