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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151562503321

Titolo

Forbidden texts on the Western frontier : the Christian apocrypha from North American perspectives : proceedings from the 2013 York University Christian Apocrypha Symposium / / edited by Tony Burke ; foreword by Christoph Markschies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Eugene, Oregon : , : Cascade Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4982-0983-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 pages) : illustrations, tables

Disciplina

225.92

Soggetti

Frontier

Nordamerika

USA

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

; Introduction / Tony Burke -- North American approaches to the study of the Christian apocrypha on the world stage / Jean-Michel Roessli. ; Appendix: The AELAC (Association pour l'étude de la Littérature Chrétienne): a brief historical survey -- The "Harvard School" of the Christian apocrypha / Brent Landau -- Excavating museums: from Bible thumping to fishing in the stream of Western civilization / Charles W. Hedrick -- Scriptural trajectories through early Christianity, late antiquity, and beyond: Christian memorial traditions in the longue durée / Pierluigi Piovanelli -- Jesus at school among Christians, Jews, and Muslims / Cornelia Horn -- Nag Hammadi, Gnosticism, apocrypha: bridging disciplinary divides / Nicola Denzey Lewis -- Canon formation: why and where scholars disagree / Lee Martin McDonald -- Apocryphal gospels and historical Jesus research: a reassessment / Stephen J. Patterson -- Apocryphal gospels and historical Jesus research: a response to Stephen Patterson / John S. Kloppenborg -- Apocryphal gospels and historical Jesus research: a response to Stephen Patterson / Mark Goodacre -- The distinctive sayings of Jesus shared by Justin and the Pseudo-Clementines / F. Stanley Jones -- The



Tiburtine Sibyl, the last emperor, and the early Byzantine apocalyptic tradition / Stephen J. Shoemaker -- Confused traditions? Peter and Paul in the Apocryphal Acts / David L. Eastman -- Digital humanities and the study of Christian apocrypha: resources, prospects and problems / Kristian S. Heal. ; Appendix: Select digital humanities resources -- Conversions of Paul: comparing Acts and Acts of Paul / Glenn E. Snyder.