ISBN:
9789004217430
,
9789004209718
,
9004209719
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource ( 296 S. )
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Year of publication:
2012
Series Statement:
Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae Volume 110
Series Statement:
Brill online books and journals: E-books
Series Statement:
Vigiliae Christianae Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Luomanen, Petri, 1961- Recovering Jewish-Christian sects and gospels
Keywords:
30 - 600
;
Jewish Christians History
;
Early church, ca. 30-600
;
Ebionism
;
Apocryphal Gospels
;
Jewish Christians History Early church, ca. 30-600
;
Apocryphal Gospels
;
Ebionism
;
Jewish Christians ; Early church
;
History
Abstract:
Preliminary Material -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Patristic Testimonies Reconsidered -- 3. Jewish-ChristianGospels Recovered -- 4. Passion Traditions Reinterpreted -- 5. Jewish-Christian Gospels and Syriac Gospel Traditions -- 6. Conclusion: Towards theHistory of Early Jewish Christianity -- Abbreviations and Appendices -- References -- Index of Ancient Authors and Texts -- General Index -- Index ofModern Authors.
Abstract:
The mystery of lost, apocryphal Jewish-Christian gospels has intrigued scholars for centuries. Scholars have also debated whether the Ebionites with their low Christology or the more “orthodox” Nazarenes are the genuine successors of the early Jerusalem church. This book provides a fresh assessment of the patristic sources and the scholarly theories on the number and contents of Jewish-Christian gospels. A new approach, the study of indicators of Jewish-Christian profiles, shows the artificial nature of the church fathers’ heretical discourse, bringing forth previously neglected connections between various Jewish-Christian movements. This book also challenges the widely accepted theory of three Jewish-Christian gospels bringing the Gospel of the Hebrews closer to its synoptic cousins—not, however, as a witness of the earliest Jesus traditions but as a post-synoptic composition
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-276) and indexes
DOI:
10.1163/9789004217430
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