"[Haines-Eitzen's] illumination of the intersection between literacy and power in antiquity and her interesting section on women scribes are important contributions to our understanding of the social and cultural history of early Christianity. Text critics, those interested in the history of manuscripts, and historians of early Christianity will all be interested in this study."-- The Catholic Biblical Quarterly"Kim Haines-Eitzen has produced a thought-provoking, readable and enjoyable book, essential reading for anyone who desires to know more about the illustrious obscure Christians who copied the New Testament in the earliest days."--Novum Testamentum"[Haines-Eitzen's] illumination of the intersection between literacy and power in antiquity and her interesting section on women scribes are important contributions to our understanding of the social and cultural history of early Christianity. Text critics, those interested in the history of manuscripts, and historians of early Christianity will all be interested in this study."-- The Catholic Biblical Quarterly"This is a thoughtful, judicious book, and I enjoyed reading it. That it raises so many questions is testimony not to its limitations but to its scope."--Bryn Mawr Classical Review"Kim Haines-Eitzen has produced a thought-provoking, readable and enjoyable book, essential reading for anyone who desires to know more about the illustrious obscure Christians who copied the New Testament in the earliest days.

" -- Novum Testamentum"Kim Haines-Eitzen has produced a thought-provoking, readable and enjoyable book, essential reading for anyone who desires to know more about the illustrious obscure Christians who copied the New Testament in the earliest days."--Novum Testamentum"Haines-Eitzen's study prods New Testament scholars, who often use the critical apparatus and ponder variant readings, to give some thought also to the people and processes that lie behind the manuscript traditions. It is also highly recommended not only for historians of early Christianity and textual critics but for anyone interested in the transition from orality to literacy, gender roles, educationm and the social history of the first several centuries ofthe Common Era."-- The Journal of the American Academy of Religion.