Fresco from Herculaneum depicting a bookroll The publication of a written text or literary work in antiquity has very little similarity ...

Michael J. Kruger, is professor of New Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary (see his webpage here ). In the recently publish work Th...

In the introduction to the English translation of the gospel of Thomas in The Nag Hammadi Library edited by James M. Robinson, Helmut Koes...

Fascinating insights into the way in which Torah scrolls were read in the ancient Synagogue can be found in the Talmud in Megillah (scroll)...

Proper pronunciation and inflection in reading ancient texts was very important for the listeners to understand the meaning. Lucian, a secon...

As already discussed in the previous post, the public reading of scripture was a needed, intricate part of early Christian worship. The evid...

The ability to read and write are much more widespread and common place today than they were in antiquity. The population of Rome during the...