Roger S. Bagnall, Early Christian Books in Egypt

Abstract

"This is a small book, but with a big punch. Bagnall has managed to pack a tremendous amount of information into a short space. However, he is not simply summarizing consensus positions or offering a basic level textbook. Instead he is engaging a number of contested issues surrounding early Christianity and the transmission of its texts, and exploiting the surviving papyrological and codicological evidence to present informed answers. The book is arranged into four chapters with accompanying notes, bibliography and indices at the end of the book."(pg 1)