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Survival and Success of an Apocryphal Childhood of Jesus : Reception of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas in the Middle Ages / Marijana Vukovic.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies of the Bible and Its Reception (SBR) ; 21Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 online resource (IX, 311 p.)Content type:
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  • 9783110752724
  • 9783110752854
  • 9783110752786
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1 New Philology and Early Christian Text -- Chapter 2 Codex and Genre of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas -- Chapter 3 The Infancy Gospel of Thomas as Text: Transformations of Structure -- Chapter 4 Childhood, Family and Everyday Life in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas -- Chapter 5 Jesus’ Childhood in East and West -- Appendix. The Edition of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas in the Latin, Greek, and Church Slavonic manuscripts used in this book -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: This book explores the transformations of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas in the Middle Ages. It also connects the different representations of children, childhood, everyday- and family life in the distinct textual versions to the ancient and medieval settings in which they appear. The text survived and influenced ideas and mentalities that shaped medieval minds in the East and the West, but also enhanced anti-Jewish sentiments.

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1 New Philology and Early Christian Text -- Chapter 2 Codex and Genre of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas -- Chapter 3 The Infancy Gospel of Thomas as Text: Transformations of Structure -- Chapter 4 Childhood, Family and Everyday Life in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas -- Chapter 5 Jesus’ Childhood in East and West -- Appendix. The Edition of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas in the Latin, Greek, and Church Slavonic manuscripts used in this book -- Bibliography -- Index

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This book explores the transformations of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas in the Middle Ages. It also connects the different representations of children, childhood, everyday- and family life in the distinct textual versions to the ancient and medieval settings in which they appear. The text survived and influenced ideas and mentalities that shaped medieval minds in the East and the West, but also enhanced anti-Jewish sentiments.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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