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Ausgabe:

Dezember/2017

Spalte:

1324–1325

Kategorie:

Bibelwissenschaft

Autor/Hrsg.:

Gregory, Andrew, and Christopher Tuckett [Eds.]

Titel/Untertitel:

The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Apocrypha. Consultant Eds.: T. Nicklas and J. Verheyden.

Verlag:

Oxford u. a.: Oxford University Press 2015. 504 S. = Oxford Handbooks in Religion and Theology. Geb. US$ 150,00. ISBN 978-0-19-964411-7.

Rezensent:

Julia A. Snyder

This volume is a helpful introductory resource that provides an overview of non-canonical Christian texts and questions scholars ask about them.
Christopher Tuckett starts with a common question about »early Christian apocrypha«: what texts are we talking about? As he points out, there is no simple answer. Decisions about which texts to include in printed collections are usually made on pragmatic grounds, and distinctions between these and others that tend not to be included, such as »Apostolic Fathers,« are artificial. Tuckett also clarifies that the term »New Testament Apocrypha« is con-sidered outdated and misleading.
Other essays in Part 1 introduce some of the many texts that might be considered »early Christian apocrypha.« Jörg Frey de-scribes ...


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