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This dissertation is a case study in Christian identity in the pre-Constantinian era based on papyrus fragments found at the site of the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt. Using the image of the city marketplace, a place of social interaction, the study asks whether Christian…

This thesis begins by discussing the powers of mystery and curiosity. I examined surrealist André Breton’s and postmodern writer William Burroughs’ utilization of rearranged, fragmented text, and how they created unconventional poems and stories that played with the reader’s own…