Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Map Showing Locations in Egypt xii
5. Prologue: Reintroducing the Earliest Christian Manuscripts 1
6. 1. The Early Christian Book 21
7. 2. The Dating Game 47
8. 3. Finding Early Christian Books in Egypt 83
9. 4. A Discovery “Which Threw All Others in the Shade”: The Beatty Biblical Papyri 116
10. 5. An Elusive Collection: The Bodmer Papyri 157
11. 6. Excavating Christian Litter and Literature at Oxyrhynchus 216
12. 7. Fabricating a Second-Century Codex of the Four Gospels 247
13. Epilogue: The Future of Ancient Christian Books 269
14. Appendix: Christian Books from Oxyrhynchus 273
15. Notes 281
16. Bibliography 353
17. Index of Subjects 385
18. Index of Manuscripts 395