A Synopsis of the Apocryphal Nativity and Infancy Narratives: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded - Couverture rigide

Elliott, James Keith

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 900431119X ISBN 13 : 9789004311190

Editeur : Brill, 2016

Synopsis

Early Christians built on the stories of Jesus' and Mary's birth and childhood. Their later accounts, many of them found nowadays among collections of non-canonical ('apocryphal') texts, are important and interesting. They give insights into the growth of Christian theology, especially concerning the role and status of Mary, and also the way in which the earliest stories were elaborated and interpreted in popular folk religion.
A range of the earliest accounts is presented here in fresh translations. This second edition contains some texts originally in a variety of different languages such as Armenian, Ethiopic, Coptic and Irish, not available at the time of the first edition. The texts are arranged in small units and synoptically, in order to permit readers to compare texts and to see the differences and similarities between them.
J.K. Elliott has selected and arranged the texts, and he provides introductory and concluding chapters. He also includes a full and helpful bibliography to benefit readers who may wish to pursue this comparative study more deeply.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

J. K. Elliott is Emeritus Professor of New Testament Textual Criticism at the University of Leeds, UK. He holds doctorates from the University of Oxford (D. Phil) and the University of Wales (D.D.). He is the editor of The Apocryphal New Testament (Oxford, 1993) and co-author of Art and the Christian Apocrypha (London, 2001).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 900431119X
• ISBN 13: 9789004311190
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 244
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• Personne responsable: non disponible