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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459574303321

Autore

Ehrman Bart D

Titolo

The orthodox corruption of Scripture [[electronic resource] ] : the effect of early Christological controversies on the text of the New Testament / / Bart D. Ehrman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993

ISBN

1-283-11335-X

9786613113351

0-19-976357-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Disciplina

225.609/015

Soggetti

Christian heresies - History - Early church, ca. 30-600

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-301) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1. The Text of Scripture in an Age of Dissent: Early Christian Struggles for Orthodoxy; 2. Anti-Adoptionistic Corruptions of Scripture; 3. Anti-Separationist Corruptions of Scripture; 4. Anti-Docetic Corruptions of Scripture; 5. Anti-Patripassianist Corruptions of Scripture; 6. The Orthodox Corruptors of Scripture; Bibliography of Secondary Works Cited; Index of Scripture; Index of Modern Authors; Index of Subjects and Ancient Sources

Sommario/riassunto

Victors not only write history: they also reproduce the texts. Bart Ehrman explores the close relationship between the social history of early Christianity and the textual tradition of the emerging New Testament, examining how early struggles between Christian ""heresy"" and ""orthodoxy"" affected the transmission of the documents over which many of the debates were waged. He makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of the social and intellectual history of early Christianity and raises intriguing questions about the relationship of readers to their texts, especially in an age when sc