Harry Y. Gamble

Harry Y. Gamble
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Harry Y. Gamble jr. (born in 1941) is an American professor emeritus within the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. He retired from full-time teaching in 2014.[1][2]

Life

Education

Gamble earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) at Wake Forest University, a Master of Divinity (MDiv) at Duke University and a Master of Arts (MA) at Yale University.[3] From 1970, Gamble holds a PhD from Yale University. His doctoral dissertation is titled: The textual history of the Letter to the Romans.

Teaching

In 1970, Gamble joined the Religious Studies Department at the University of Virginia (Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity).[4] From 1992 to 2006, Gamble chaired the department, and he retired from full-time teaching in 2014.[4]

Contributions

His research was on the topic of the development of the New Testament, particularly "the extent of Literacy in early Christian communities; the relation in the early church between Oral tradition and written materials; the physical form of early Christian books; how books were produced, transcribed, published, duplicated, and disseminated; how Christian libraries were formed; who read the books, in what circumstances, and to what purposes."[2][5][6][7]

Published works

Thesis

  • Harry Y Gamble (1970). The textual history of the Letter to the Romans (Dissertation: Ph. D. Yale University). OCLC 2083494.

Books

  • Harry Y Gamble (1970). The Polk family. North Carolina. OCLC 320902221.
  • Harry Y Gamble (1977). The textual history of the letter to the Romans: a study in textual and literary criticism. Studies and documents (London, England). Vol. 42. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. ISBN 9780802816702. OCLC 2986055.
  • Harry Y. Gamble (1985). The New Testament canon: its making and meaning. Guides to biblical scholarship., New Testament series. Philadelphia: Fortress Press. ISBN 9780800604707. OCLC 11841376.
  • Harry Y Gamble (1989). Waxhaw 100 history: Waxhaw centennial 1989. Waxhaw, N.C. : Waxhaw Centennial Committee. OCLC 47224113.
  • Harry Y Gamble (1995). Books and readers in the early church : a history of early Christian texts. Vol. 39. New Haven: Yale University Press. doi:10.1163/1568536974712321. ISBN 9780300069181. OCLC 31436053.
  • Harry Y Gamble; Donatella Zoroddu (2006). Introduzione allo studio della Bibbia. Supplementi. 26, Libri e lettori nella chiesa antica. storia dei primi testi cristiani (in Italian). Brescia: Paideia. ISBN 9788839407153. OCLC 889086230.
  • Michelle P Brown; Harry Y Gamble; Freer Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.) (2006). In the beginning: Bibles before the year 1000. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books. ISBN 9781588342409. OCLC 886816037.
  • Harry Y Gamble; Pascale Renaud-Grosbras (2012-10-13). Livres et lecteurs aux premiers temps du christianisme: usage et production des textes chrétiens antiques. Christianismes antiques (in French). Genève: Labor et fides ; Paris: Diff. Presses universitaires de France, impr. 2012. ISBN 9782830914641. OCLC 826752827.
  • Harry Y Gamble; Karl Shuve (2018). Books and readers in the premodern world: essays in honor of Harry Gamble. Writings from the Greco-Roman world supplement series, no. 12. Atlanta, GA: SBL Press. ISBN 9780884143314. OCLC 1054265198.

References

  1. ^ Karl Shuve, ed. (2018). Books and Readers in the Premodern World: Essays in Honor of Harry Gamble (PDF). Writings from the Greco-Roman World Supplement. Society of Biblical Literature. pp. vii. ISBN 9780884143291. JSTOR j.cdb2hnsqz. OCLC 1081360401.
  2. ^ a b "Books and Readers in the Early Church. A History of Early Christian Texts. Harry Y. Gamble". Yale University Press. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  3. ^ "Harry Gamble. Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies". Department of Religious Studies. UVA Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 2021-12-06. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  4. ^ a b Gregory Stackpole (15 January 2019). "Harry Gamble, Books and Readers in the Early Church, Introduction". Into the Clarities, nearer the light, into the clarities come.
  5. ^ Charles M. Odahl (1996). "Book Review of Harry Y. Gamble, Books and Readers in the Early Church: a History of Early Christian Texts, Yale University Press, 1995, in The Ancient World". 27 (2): 243. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ Joseph W. Trigg (1999). "Review of Harry G. Gamble, Books and Readers in the Early Church: A History of Early Christian Texts, Yale, 1995, in JR 77". The Journal of Religion.
  7. ^ Eldon Jay Epp (1 January 2005). The Codex and Literacy in Early Christianity and at Oxyrhynchus: Issues Raised by Harry Y. Gamble's Books and Readers in the Early Church. Novum Testamentum, Supplements. Vol. 116. Brill. pp. 521–550. doi:10.1163/9789047406952_020. ISBN 9789004142466. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)


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