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Jesus and the manuscripts : what we can learn from the oldest texts / Craig A. Evans.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Peabody, Massachusetts : Hendrickson Publishers, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (xxxiii, 650 pages) : color illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781683073604
  • 1683073606
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jesus and the manuscripts.DDC classification:
  • 232.9/08 23
LOC classification:
  • BT303.2 .E936 2020eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
List of figures -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- How old and how many? the oldest witnesses to Jesus -- The autographic Jesus: how long were late antique books in use? -- Jesus in the "Jewish gospels" -- Jesus and doubting Thomas: on the genesis and age of a Syrian gospel (Part one) -- Jesus and doubting Thomas: on the genesis and age of a Syrian gospel (Part two) -- Cross purposes: from Matthew to the Gospel of Peter -- Jesus and Judas: making sense of the Gospel of Judas -- The sexual Jesus: straight, gay, or married? -- Panther, prophet, or problem child? Jesus in rabbinic, Islamic, and popular Christian traditions -- Jesus in small texts: agrapha, amulets, fragments, and inscriptions -- Jesus and the beginnings of the Christian canon of scripture -- Jesus in print: Erasmus and the beginnings of textual fundamentalism -- Bibliography -- Index of modern authors -- Index of ancient sources -- Figures.
Summary: "Jesus and the Manuscripts, by popular author and Bible scholar Craig A. Evans, introduces readers to the diversity and complexity of the ancient literature that records the words and deeds of Jesus. This diverse literature includes the familiar Gospels of the New Testament, the much less familiar literature of the Rabbis and of the Qur'ān, and the extracanonical narratives and brief snippets of material found in fragments and inscriptions. This book critically analyzes important texts and quotations in their original languages and engages the current scholarly discussion. Evans argues that the Gospel of Thomas is not early or independent of the New Testament Gospels but that it should be dated to the late second century. He also argues that Secret Mark, like the recently published Gospel of Jesus' Wife, is probably a modern forgery. Of special interest is the question of how long the autographs of New Testament writings remained in circulation. Evans argues that the evidence suggests that most of these autographs remained available for copying and study for more than one hundred years and thus stabilized the text."--Publisher's website

"Jesus and the Manuscripts, by popular author and Bible scholar Craig A. Evans, introduces readers to the diversity and complexity of the ancient literature that records the words and deeds of Jesus. This diverse literature includes the familiar Gospels of the New Testament, the much less familiar literature of the Rabbis and of the Qur'ān, and the extracanonical narratives and brief snippets of material found in fragments and inscriptions. This book critically analyzes important texts and quotations in their original languages and engages the current scholarly discussion. Evans argues that the Gospel of Thomas is not early or independent of the New Testament Gospels but that it should be dated to the late second century. He also argues that Secret Mark, like the recently published Gospel of Jesus' Wife, is probably a modern forgery. Of special interest is the question of how long the autographs of New Testament writings remained in circulation. Evans argues that the evidence suggests that most of these autographs remained available for copying and study for more than one hundred years and thus stabilized the text."--Publisher's website

List of figures -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- How old and how many? the oldest witnesses to Jesus -- The autographic Jesus: how long were late antique books in use? -- Jesus in the "Jewish gospels" -- Jesus and doubting Thomas: on the genesis and age of a Syrian gospel (Part one) -- Jesus and doubting Thomas: on the genesis and age of a Syrian gospel (Part two) -- Cross purposes: from Matthew to the Gospel of Peter -- Jesus and Judas: making sense of the Gospel of Judas -- The sexual Jesus: straight, gay, or married? -- Panther, prophet, or problem child? Jesus in rabbinic, Islamic, and popular Christian traditions -- Jesus in small texts: agrapha, amulets, fragments, and inscriptions -- Jesus and the beginnings of the Christian canon of scripture -- Jesus in print: Erasmus and the beginnings of textual fundamentalism -- Bibliography -- Index of modern authors -- Index of ancient sources -- Figures.

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