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The Oxford handbook of early Christian apocrypha
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- Creator
- edited by Andrew Gregory and Christopher Tuckett ; consulting editors, Tobias Nicklas and Joseph Verheyden
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- Language
- English
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- First edition
- Oxford, England ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2015
- ©2015
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- xii, 473 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780199644117, 019964411X
- OCLC
- ocn923595432
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Introduction: What is early Christian apocrypha? / Christopher Tuckett -- Texts about Jesus: non-canonical gospels and related literature / Jörg Frey -- Apocryphal texts about other characters in the canonical gospels / Charlotte Touati and Claire Clivaz -- Narratives about the apostles: non-canonical acts and related literature / Richard I. Pervo -- Non-canonical epistles and related literature / Andrew Gregory -- Non-canonical apocalypses and prophetic works / Richard Bauckham -- The influence of Jewish scriptures on early Christian apocrypha / Tobias Nicklas -- Who read early Christian apocrypha? / L.W. Hurtado -- The formation of the New Testament canon and early Christian apocrypha / Jens Schröter -- 'Useful for the soul': Christian apocrypha and Christian spirituality / François Bovon -- Christology and soteroiology in apocryphal gospels / Pheme Perkins -- Christology and soteriology in apocryphal acts and apocalypses / Paul Foster -- The Gospel of Thomas and the historical Jesus / Stephen J. Patterson -- Other apocryphal gospels and the historical Jesus / Simon Gathercole -- Christian apocrypha and the developing role of Mary / J.K. Elliott -- The apocryphal Mary in early Christian art / Robin M. Jensen -- The role of the apostles / Judaism and anti-Judaism in early Christian apocrypha / Petri Luomanen -- Eschatology and the fate of the dead in early Christian apocrypha / Outi Lehtipuu -- Liturgy and early Christian apocrypha / Harald Buchinger -- Roman imperialism: the political context of early Christian apocrypha / Candida R. Moss -- Encratism, asceticism, and the construction of gender and sexual identity in apocryphal gospels / Judith Hartenstein -- Encratism and the apocryphal acts / Yves Tissot -- Early Christian apocrypha in popular culture / Tony Burke -- Early Christian apocrypha in contemporary theological discourse / Tony Burke