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Zusatztext Provides a splendid way of giving students as well as the general reader access to texts that are so important for an appreciation of the breadth of religious practice and imagination in the early Christian period ... Highly recommended for scholarly as well as general libraries. Informationen zum Autor Edited by J. K. Elliott, University of Leeds. Klappentext Jesus' birth in a cave, his childhood escapades, his secret sayings, and his descent to the underworld; the torments in Hell; Saint Paul baptizing a lion; the death of Pontius Pilate and Saint Peter being crucified upside down. These are among the fascinating stories found in this present selection. They all come from early Christian legends which are not found in the Bible, but yet have had a profound influence on art, literature, and theology from the second century through the Middle Ages and even to modern times. Some of the stories included here, especially those involving the Virgin Mary, have affected matters of doctrine; others have influenced the church's teaching on the afterlife - whilst from the apocryphal Acts are some of the best examples of accounts of the lives of Christianity's earliest saints. In this book Dr Elliott provides introductions to each of the most important and significant of these remarkable and often bizarre apocryphal texts. Zusammenfassung Jesus's childhood escapades and graphic descriptions of the torments of Hell - this book introduces readers to a selection, in a modern translation, of the many interesting and bizarre stories about Jesus and his followers which make up the Apocryphal New Testament - stories which profoundly influenced not only Christian doctrine but also literature and art. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction A: Stories Relating to the Period of the New Testament Gospels 1: The Birth of Jesus 2: The Childhood of Jesus 3: Jesus' Parents 4: The Ministry of Jesus 5: The Death and Resurrection of Jesus 6: Pilate 7: Jesus in the Underworld 8: Veronica 9: Zacharias B: Stories Relating to the Growth of the Church 10: Peter 11: Paul 12: John 13: Thomas 14: Andrew C. Stories Relating to Life After Death 15: Heaven and Hell 16: The End of Time ...
