From a Virgin Womb: The Apocalypse of Adam and the Virgin Birth (Biblical Interpretation Series, 91) - Hardcover

Welburn, Andrew J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 900416376X ISBN 13: 9789004163768

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2007

Synopsis

Utilising parallels from the Apocalypse of Adam and elsewhere, this book re-examines Mt.'s infancy narratives in the light of the apocalyptic and mythological background to the virgin birth. Jesus is shown as the fulfilment of universalistic hopes though not as Son of God. Mt.'s special tradition in relation to Lk. is thereby cast in a new light.

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About the Author

Andrew J. Welburn, M.A., Ph.D., Cantab. (1980) has been a Fellow of the Warburg Institute and of New College, Oxford where he was a Lecturer from 1990-2005. He is the author of The Beginnings of Christianity (Edinburgh 2004) and several further books on literary and religious subjects.

Review

readers intrigued by this often misunderstood Nag Hammadi apocryphon will find new and stimulating ideas about its date, origins and teachings that are not found in the traditional introductions.
J.K. Elliott, Expository Times, March 2009

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 900416376X
• ISBN 13: 9789004163768
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 227
• Editor: Culpepper R. Alan, Van Wolde Ellen, Orton David E., Rendtorff Rolf