Other Early Christian Gospels

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-567-04568-3
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 322 g

Reihe: The Library of New Testament Studies

Other Early Christian Gospels collects all the recently-recovered Greek manuscripts containing parts of long-lost early Christian gospels into a single volume.

Since the late nineteenth century our knowledge of early Christianity and its literature has been improved significantly by the recovery of numerous ancient manuscripts. Among the most important finds are the Greek manuscripts that preserve portions of little-known early Christian gospels, such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Peter, and the "Unknown Gospel" of Egerton Papyrus 2. These fragmentary manuscripts provide us with direct access to texts that seem to have been written at about the same time as the New Testament gospels. They allow us to study ancient writings about the life of Jesus in their original language, without the filters of later translation or commentary. They make long-forgotten gospels penned by some of Jesus' earliest followers available once again, shedding new light on the formative years of Christianity and, perhaps, even on Jesus himself.

Other Early Christian Gospels collects all the recently-recovered Greek manuscripts containing parts of long-lost early Christian gospels into a single volume. It includes new critical editions, English translations, and exhaustive indexes of the Greek fragments of the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Peter, the Egerton Gospel, and six other unidentified gospels.

In addition, Other Early Christian Gospels features "student's Greek texts" that present the restored Greek texts without any potentially confusing apparatus, editorial signs, or unidentifiable word fragments. This special student's version makes the fragmentary ancient texts dramatically more accessible to those still in the process of learning Greek.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bernhard, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Apokryphen, Pseudepigraphen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Bibelwissenschaften: Sachbuch, Erbauung, Didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

General Introduction

Editorial Method

Editorial Signs

The Gospel of Thomas

Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 654 (P.Oxy. 654)

Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1 (P.Oxy. 1)

Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 655 (P.Oxy. 655)

The Gospel of Peter

Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 4009 (P.Oxy. 4009)

The Akhmim Fragment (P.Cair. 10759)

Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 2949 (P.Oxy. 2949)

Egerton Papyrus 2: The Unknown Gospel

Egerton Papyrus 2 (P.Egerton 2) with Cologne Papyrus 255 (P.Koln 255)

Other Unidentified Gospel Fragments

The Faiyum Fragment (P.Vindob.G 2325)

Merton Papyrus 51 (P.Mert. 51)

Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 210 (P.Oxy. 210)

Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 1224 (P.Oxy. 1224)

Oxyrhynchus Parchment 840 (P.Oxy. 840)

Berlin Papyrus 11710 (P.Berol. 11710)

Bibliography

Indexes
IIlustrations

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Bernhard holds a Master's degree in Greek and Roman History from Oxford University, where he edited some of the Oxyrhynchus papyri