Reading, Writing, and Bookish Circles in the Ancient Mediterranean

Jonathan D.H. Norton is Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies and Director of the Heythrop Centre for Textual Studies, Heythrop College, University of London, UK.Garrick V. Allen is Senior Lecturer in New Testament Studies at the School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow, UK.Lindsey A. Askin is Lecturer in Jewish Studies at the University of Bristol, UK.

• List of ContributorsAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1. Reading, Books, and Bookish Circles in the Ancient Mediterranean: An Introduction, Jonathan Norton (Heythrop College, University of London, UK)2. The Social Stratification of Scribes and Readers in Greco-Roman Judaism, Lindsey A. Askin (University of Bristol, UK)3. Aspects of Scripturality in the Community Rule (S): A Key to the History of Qumran Literature, Annette Steudel (Georg-August Universität, Germany)4. The Making of the Theme of Immortality in the Wisdom of Solomon, Ekaterina Matusova (Eberhard Karls University, Germany)5. Bookish Circles? The Move toward the Use of Written Texts in Rabbinic Oral Culture, Catherine Hezser (SOAS, University of London, UK)6. Sympotic Learning: Symposia Literature and Cultural Education, Sean A. Adams (University of Glasgow, UK)7. Adult Teaching and Learning in Philosophical Schools: The Cases of Epictetus and Calvenus Taurus, Michael Trapp (King’s College, UK)8. The Lone Genius and the Docile Literati: How Bookish Were Paul’s Churches?, Jonathan Norton (Heythrop College, University of London, UK)9. Reading the New Testament in the Context of Other Texts: A Relevance Theory Perspective, Steve Smith (University of Chichester; St Mellitus College, UK) 10. Divine Dissimulation and the Apostolic Vision of Acts, John Moxon, (University of Roehampton, UK)11. Scriptural Literacy within the Corinthian Church: From the Corinthian Correspondence to 1 Clement, H. H. Drake Williams, III (Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Belgium and University of the Free State, South Africa)12. Libraries, Special Libraries, and John of Patmos, Garrick V. Allen, (University of Glasgow)Bibliography Index

This volume is an essential resource for those curious about ancient readers and the complex process of composing and writing texts in antiquity. The contributors write thoughtfully about the social, political and cultural factors that went into the development and reception of ancient literary traditions.