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The Apocryphal Gospels Within the Context of Early Christian Theology

The Apocryphal Gospels Within the Context of Early Christian Theology

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Series: Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium, Book 260

Bible StudiesGeneral Christianity

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ISBN10: 904292926X
ISBN13: 9789042929265
Publisher: Peeters
Published: Jul 16 2013
Pages: 816
Weight: 2.60
Height: 1.60 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
Recent scholarship has become increasingly aware of the significance ofthe apocryphal gospels for the transmission and interpretation of theJesus tradition in the first three or four centuries. Against thisbackground the 60th Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense was devoted to thesetexts and their role and status in the formation of the New TestamentCanon. The present volume contains the proceedings of the conference. Someof its contributions deal with well-known apocryphal gospels as, e.g., the Gospels of Thomas, Mary, Peter or Judas. Other essays treat thematicaspects, such as the influence of Platonic tradition, the way Jesus ispresented in these gospels, or his dialogues with his (male and female)disciples. Important facets of the present volume are also earlytraditions about Jesus, e.g., in the so-called Infancy Gospels or in textson the Mary. The volume thus gives an extensive overview of importantareas of current research on the apocryphal gospels within early Christiantheology.

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