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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Oxford handbook of early Christian apocrypha
  title info:
    title: Early Christian apocrypha
  name:
    name part: Gregory, Andrew F.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Nicklas, Tobias
    name part: 1967-
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Tuckett, C. M. (Christopher Mark)
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Verheyden, Jozef
    role:
      role term: editor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2016
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: This handbook primarily focuses on issues and themes that arise in the study of early Christian apocrypha. Part one consists of authoritative surveys of the main branches of apocryphal literature (gospels, acts, epistles, apocalypses, and related literature) and part two considers key issues that they raise.
  table of contents: Introduction: What is Early Christian Apocrypha? / Christopher M. Tuckett -- Texts about Jesus: non-canonical gospels and related literature / Jörg Frey -- Narratives about the apostles: non-canonical Acts and related literature / Richard Pervo -- Non-canonical Epistles and related literature / Andrew Gregory -- Non-canonical Apocalypses and prophetic works / Richard Bauckham -- The Influence of Jewish Scriptures on Early Christian Apocrypha / Tobias Nicklas -- Who Read Early Christian Apocrypha? / L. W. Hurtado -- The role of the apostles / Richard Pervo -- Judaism and Anti-Judaism in Early Christian Apocrypha / Petri Luomanen -- Eschatology and the Fate of the Dead in Early Christian Apocrypha / Outi Lehtipuu -- Encratism, asceticism, and the construction of gender and sexual identity in apocryphal gospels / Judith Hartenstein -- Early Christian apocrypha in popular culture / Tony Burke -- Early Christian Apocrypha in Contemporary Theological Discourse / Tony Burke -- Apocryphal texts about other characters in the canonical gospels / Charlotte Touati, Claire Clivaz -- The formation of the New Testament canon and early Christian apocrypha / Jens Schröter -- 'Useful for the Soul': Christian Apocrypha and Christian Spirituality / François Bovon -- Christology and soteriology in apocryphal gospels / Pheme Perkins -- Christology and soteriology in apocryphal acts and apocalypses / Paul Foster -- The Gospel of Thomas and the Historical Jesus / Stephen J. Patterson -- Other apocryphal gospels and the historical Jesus / Simon J. Gathercole -- Christian apocrypha and the developing role of Mary / J.K. Elliott -- The apocryphal Mary in early Christian art / Robin M. Jensen -- Liturgy and early Christian apocrypha / Harald Buchinger -- Roman Imperialism: the political context of early Christian apocrypha / Candida R. Moss -- Encratism and the apocryphal acts / Yves Tissot.
  target audience: specialized
  note: edited by Andrew Gregory, Tobias Nicklas, Christopher M. Tuckett, and Joseph Verheyden.
  note: Previously issued in print: 2015.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Apocryphal books (New Testament)
    topic: Criticism, interpretation, etc
  classification: BS2840
  classification: 229.9206
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Oxford handbooks online
  identifier: 9780191750069 (ebook) :
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: StDuBDS
    record creation date: 150401
    record change date: 20210728140304.0
    record identifier: in00004150715
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng