LEADER 03691nam 22006014a 450 001 9910649182703321 005 20230617021823.0 010 $a0-19-974368-1 010 $a1-280-48167-6 010 $a9786610481675 010 $a0-19-972713-9 010 $a0-19-518415-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000029008 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24087447 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000194402 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11166562 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194402 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10232587 035 $a(PQKB)10352066 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC280932 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL280932 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10084846 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL48167 035 $a(OCoLC)57124978 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5745741 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000029008 100 $a20030311d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aLost scriptures$b[electronic resource] $ebooks that did not make it into the New Testament /$f[edited by] Bart D. Ehrman 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (vi, 342 p.) 300 $aOriginally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2003. 300 $aFormerly CIP.$5Uk 311 $a0-19-518250-2 311 $a0-19-514182-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aThis is a companion anthology paired with Ehrman's 'Lost Christianities'. It provides an array of the varied writings of 'Lost Christianities' - those early Christian groups whose understanding of Jesus did not win the day, whose views did not make it into the canon of the New Testament. 330 $bWe may think of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament as the only sacred writings of the early Christians, but this is not at all the case. Lost Scriptures offers an anthology of up-to-date and readable translations of many non-canonical writings from the centuries after Christ--texts that have for the most part been neglected or lost for nearly two millennia. Here is an array of remarkably varied writings from early Christian groups whose visions of Jesus differ dramatically from our contemporary understanding. Readers will find Gospels supposedly authored by the apostle Philip, James the brother of Jesus, Mary Magdalen, and others. There are Acts originally ascribed to John and to Thecla, Paul's female companion; there are Epistles allegedly written by Paul to the Roman philosopher Seneca. And there is an apocalypse by Simon Peter that offers a guided tour of the afterlife, both the glorious ecstasies of the saints and the horrendous torments of the damned, and an Epistle by Titus, a companion of Paul, which argues page after page against sexual love, even within marriage, on the grounds that physical intimacy leads to damnation. In all, the anthology includes fifteen Gospels, five non-canonical Acts of the Apostles, thirteen Epistles, a number of Apocalypes and Secret Books, and several Canon lists. Ehrman has included a general introduction, plus brief introductions to each piece. Lost Scriptures gives readers a vivid picture of the range of beliefs that battled each other in the first centuries of the Christian era. It is an essential resource for anyone interested in the Bible or the early Church. 606 $aApocryphal books (New Testament) 615 0$aApocryphal books (New Testament) 676 $a229/.9205209 701 $aEhrman$b Bart D$0476550 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910649182703321 996 $aLost scriptures$92904391 997 $aUNINA