Codex and Contest: What an Early Christian Manuscript Reveals about Social Identity Formation Amid Persecution and Competing Christianities

Recent scholarship on the Bodmer Miscellaneous Codex (BMC) has analysed various features of the manuscript, mostly attempting to answer questions like “Why was this codex created?” and “What purpose did it serve?” Some have given more specific answers, while others believe the document to be largely...

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Authors: Oliveira, Nycholas Lawrence David (Author) ; Kok, Jacobus (Kobus) (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2024
In: Religions
Year: 2024, Volume: 15, Issue: 1
Further subjects:B competing
B Social Identity Theory
B Early Christian
B Orthodox
B Social Identity Complexity Theory
B Persecution
B Social Identity
B Bodmer Miscellaneous Codex
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