TY  - BOOK
AU  - Evans,Craig Alan
TI  - Jesus and the manuscripts: what we can learn from the oldest texts 
SN  - 9781683073604
AV  - BT303.2 .E936 2020eb
U1  - 232.9/08 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Peabody, Massachusetts
PB  - Hendrickson Publishers
KW  - Jesus Christ
KW  - Jésus-Christ
KW  - Bible
KW  - New Testament
KW  - Manuscripts
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Gospels
KW  - Arabic
KW  - Versions
KW  - Nouveau Testament
KW  - Critique, interprétation, etc
KW  - fast
KW  - Rabbinical literature
KW  - Relation to the New Testament
KW  - Apocryphal books (New Testament)
KW  - Littérature rabbinique
KW  - Relation avec le Nouveau Testament
KW  - Apocryphes (Nouveau Testament)
KW  - Historicity of Jesus Christ
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; 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
N2  - "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
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