The Apocryphal New Testament A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in an English Translation

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-19-826181-0
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 784 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 1156 g

This collection of apocryphal writings supersedes the best-selling edition by M. R. James, first published in 1924. Since then, several new works have come to light, and the textual base for some of the works previously translated by James is now more secure. In this volume, J. K. Elliott presents new translations of the texts into modern English, together with a short introduction and bibliography for each of them. The collection is designed to give readers the most
important and famous non-canonical Christian writings, many of them popular legends with an enormous influence on later, particularly medieval, art and literature, as well as on later beliefs and practices of the Church.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of biblical studies, patristics, theology, and the history of the early and medieval Church.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elliott, J. K.

Fachgebiete

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

Über Autor(innen)

J. K. Elliott is Professor in New Testament Textual Criticism, University of Leeds.