Forgery and counterforgery : the use of literary deceit in early Christian polemics /

A comprehensive study of early Christian pseudepigrapha. Ehrman argues that ancient critics, pagan, Jewish and Christian, understood false authorial claims to be a form of literary deceit, and thus forgeries. Ehrman considers the extent of the phenomenon, assesses the criteria ancient critics applie...

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Main Author:	Ehrman, Bart D.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Subjects:	Christian literature, Early > History and criticism. Literary forgeries and mystifications.