Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never KnewOxford University Press, 15 sept. 2005 - 320 pagini The early Christian Church was a chaos of contending beliefs. Some groups of Christians claimed that there was not one God but two or twelve or thirty. Some believed that the world had not been created by God but by a lesser, ignorant deity. Certain sects maintained that Jesus was human but not divine, while others said he was divine but not human. In Lost Christianities, Bart D. Ehrman offers a fascinating look at these early forms of Christianity and shows how they came to be suppressed, reformed, or forgotten. All of these groups insisted that they upheld the teachings of Jesus and his apostles, and they all possessed writings that bore out their claims, books reputedly produced by Jesus's own followers. Modern archaeological work has recovered a number of key texts, and as Ehrman shows, these spectacular discoveries reveal religious diversity that says much about the ways in which history gets written by the winners. Ehrman's discussion ranges from considerations of various "lost scriptures"--including forged gospels supposedly written by Simon Peter, Jesus's closest disciple, and Judas Thomas, Jesus's alleged twin brother--to the disparate beliefs of such groups as the Jewish-Christian Ebionites, the anti-Jewish Marcionites, and various "Gnostic" sects. Ehrman examines in depth the battles that raged between "proto-orthodox Christians"--those who eventually compiled the canonical books of the New Testament and standardized Christian belief--and the groups they denounced as heretics and ultimately overcame. Scrupulously researched and lucidly written, Lost Christianities is an eye-opening account of politics, power, and the clash of ideas among Christians in the decades before one group came to see its views prevail. |
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... Manuscripts of the Greek Bible, Oxford University Press. 245: British Library, London. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper To Sarah This page intentionally left blank Contents Preface ix.
... Manuscripts of the Greek Bible, Oxford University Press. 245: British Library, London. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper To Sarah This page intentionally left blank Contents Preface ix.
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... manuscript, Robert Miller and Peter Ginna at Oxford University Press, and scholars and friends who went well above and beyond the call of collegial duty in lending a hand to another scholar in the field: Elizabeth Clark at Duke, Michael ...
... manuscript, Robert Miller and Peter Ginna at Oxford University Press, and scholars and friends who went well above and beyond the call of collegial duty in lending a hand to another scholar in the field: Elizabeth Clark at Duke, Michael ...
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... manuscript. The manuscript probably dates to the seventh or eighth century, and it is reasonable to assume that it was the cherished property of the monk. It is an intriguing document. Sixty-six pages in length, written on parchment, it ...
... manuscript. The manuscript probably dates to the seventh or eighth century, and it is reasonable to assume that it was the cherished property of the monk. It is an intriguing document. Sixty-six pages in length, written on parchment, it ...
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... manuscript contains the Apocalypse of Peter, whose author condemns to the fires of hell everyone who disagrees with his view of how to behave (including women who braid their hair to make themselves attractive, anyone who disobeys their ...
... manuscript contains the Apocalypse of Peter, whose author condemns to the fires of hell everyone who disagrees with his view of how to behave (including women who braid their hair to make themselves attractive, anyone who disobeys their ...
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... manuscript then ends in the middle of a story that apparently described Jesus' appearance to some of his disciples (perhaps similar to that found in John 21:1–14): “But I, Simon Peter, and Andrew, my brother, took our nets and went off ...
... manuscript then ends in the middle of a story that apparently described Jesus' appearance to some of his disciples (perhaps similar to that found in John 21:1–14): “But I, Simon Peter, and Andrew, my brother, took our nets and went off ...
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Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew Bart D. Ehrman Previzualizare limitată - 2005 |
Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew Bart D. Ehrman Previzualizare limitată - 2005 |
Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew Bart D. Ehrman Previzualizare limitată - 2005 |
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