Documents Study Gospels

David R. Cartlidge

ISBN 10: 0800628098 / ISBN 13: 9780800628093

Published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers Feb 1994, 1994

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Neuware - This collection of freshly translated texts leads to a new appreciation of the richness and variety of the religious world within which Christianity emerged as a powerful new force. Bringing together for the first time under a single cover documents from Jewish, Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Syrian, and little-known early Christian sources, the material is arranged to bring out as clearly as possible the ways in which early Christian worship of Jesus Christ as Savior and God both echoed contemporary worship of other savior gods and at the same time stood in sharp contrast to such worship. This revised and enlarged edition contains a new introduction on texts and traditions in late antiquity, a reworked translation of The Gospel of Peter, selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses, plus such documents as Papyrus Egerton 2, Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 840, and The Apocryphon of James. In addition, the table of contents has been expanded to allow easier access to the documents contained herein.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Documents Study Gospels
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers Feb 1994
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0800628098
• ISBN 13: 9780800628093
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 153H x 26D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 26 millimeters depth
• Weight: 522 grams

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Synopsis

This collection of freshly translated texts leads to a new appreciation of the richness and variety of the religious world within which Christianity emerged as a powerful new force. Bringing together for the first time under a single cover documents from Jewish, Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Syrian, and little-known early Christian sources, the material is arranged to bring out as clearly as possible the ways in which early Christian worship of Jesus Christ as Savior and God both echoed contemporary worship of other savior gods and at the same time stood in sharp contrast to such worship.

This revised and enlarged edition contains a new introduction on texts and traditions in late antiquity, a reworked translation of The Gospel of Peter, selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses, plus such documents as Papyrus Egerton 2, Oxyrhynchus Papyrus 840, and The Apocryphon of James. In addition, the table of contents has been expanded to allow easier access to the documents contained herein.

About the Authors

David L. Dungan is Professor of Religion at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

David R. Cartlidge is Professor of Religion at Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee.