Testimonies

Klappentext This controversial work of 1916-20 sought to prove the existence of the earliest collection of Christian writings. Zusammenfassung Controversial but immensely influential, this work by J. Rendel Harris (1852–1941) argues for the existence of the earliest Christian document - a compilation which Harris called the 'Testimony Book', consisting of Old Testament prophecies of Christ. In Volume 1 (1916) he argues that later writers relied on this hypothetical compilation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The use of testimonies in the early Christian Church; 2. Further proofs of the antiquity of the Testimony Book; 3. An emendation to I Peter ii.8; 4. A further note on Testimonies in Barnabas; 5. Testimonies against the Mohammedans; 6. 'Spoken by Jeremy the Prophet'; 7. Irenaeus and the Book of Testimonies; 8. Lactantius and the Book of Testimonies; 9. Athanasius and the Book of Testimonies; 10. The altercation between Simon the Jew and Theophilus the Christian; 11. The Didascalia Jacobi; 12. Last traces of the Testimony Book; 13. A further proof of the Matthaean origin of the Book of Testimonies; 14. Professor Burkitt and the Testimonia; 15. An anonymous writer on the Oracles of Papias; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Vacher Rendel Burch, J. Rendel Harris
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2011
• EAN: 9781108039697
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03969-7
• No. of pages: 150
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology