Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles - Harvard Divinity School Studies

Informationen zum Autor François Bovon is Frothingham Professor of the History of Religion, Harvard Divinity School. Ann Graham Brock has taught at several universities and seminaries and published extensively on the topic of the New Testament and early Christian origins. She has also appeared in documentaries on the History Channel and the BBC. Klappentext This collection provides a multi-layered analysis of a neglected branch of early Christian apocryphal literature. The introduction takes the reader on the journey of editing! translating! and interpreting apocryphal and hagiographic narratives on the apostles and the first Christians and concludes with a critical examination of two previously unpublished Greek texts. Zusammenfassung This collection provides a rich, multilayered analysis of a long-neglected branch of early Christian apocryphal literature that examines the relationship between tradition and redaction, uses of language, and the fluid border between literary criticism and motif analysis.

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• Authors: Francois Bovon, Francois Brock Bovon, Francoise Etc. Brock Bovon, Francois Bovon
• Assisted by: Francois Bovon (Editor), François Bovon (Editor), Francoise Bovon (Editor), Ann G. Brock (Editor), Ann Graham Brock (Editor), Anne Graham Brock (Editor), Brock Ann Graham (Editor), Etc. (Editor), Christopher R. Matthews (Editor), Matthews Christopher R. (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1999
• EAN: 9780945454182
• ISBN: 978-0-945454-18-2
• No. of pages: 414
• Series: Religions Of The World; Religions of the World (Harvar; Religions of the World; Religions of the World & Ecology (HUP); Religion of the World (HUP)
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / General, RELIGION / Essays, Christianity, History of Religion, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Bible readings, selections & meditations, Literary essays, Bible readings, selections and meditations, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, The Early Church