Introduction to the New Testament Apocrypha (Understanding the Bible and Its World)

Fred Lapham

ISBN 10: 0826469795 / ISBN 13: 9780826469793

Published by T & T Clark International 2003-09-01, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction to the New Testament Apocrypha (Understanding the Bible and Its World)
• Publisher: T & T Clark International 2003-09-01
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826469795
• ISBN 13: 9780826469793
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book is a readable and analytical survey of those important but little-known Christian documents of the second and third centuries which are collectively referred to as the New Testament Apocrypha, and is intended to serve both as an introductory guide for interested clergy and laity, but also as a useful reference for those pursuing higher research. Questions of the manufacture of the codices, the transmission of the texts, the discovery of the lost and hidden books, and of the classification of the documents are considered, and the books are placed and critically examined in their geographical and social setting.

About the Author

Canon Dr. Fred Lapham received his Ph.D. from the University of Wales, Lampeter where he occasionally lectures in the New Testament Apocrypha. He lives in Shropshire, UK.