Bart Ehrman Has A New Book Coming Out

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Would you read it if I did...or would you run crying back to your fucking bible as usual?

http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?i...0674033818


Careful....it has a lot of big words in it that may be beyond your limited intellectual capacity.

The limited spread of literacy in the classical world had diverse effects. It gave some stimulus to critical thought and assisted the accumulation of knowledge, and the minority that did learn to read and write was to some extent able to assert itself politically. The written word was also an instrument of power, and its use was indispensable for the construction and maintenance of empires. Most intriguing is the role of writing in the new religious culture of the late Roman Empire, in which it was more and more revered but less and less practiced.

Harris explores these and related themes in this highly original work of social and cultural history. Ancient Literacy is important reading for anyone interested in the classical world, the problem of literacy, or the history of the written word.