Other Early Christian Gospels: A Critical Edition of the Surviving Greek Manuscripts. By Andrew E. Bernhard
This title needs explanation. The unnecessarily enigmatic word ‘other’ refers to apocryphal texts, written in Greek and recently recovered (that is since the 1880s). These are the Gospel of Thomas (3 fragments), the Gospel of Peter (3 fragments), and ‘The Unknown Gospel’ (i.e. Egerton 2 supplemented...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2007
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 58, Issue: 2, Pages: 687-689 |
| Review of: | Other early Christian gospels (London [u.a.] : T & T Clark, 2006) (Elliott, J. K.)
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| Summary: | This title needs explanation. The unnecessarily enigmatic word ‘other’ refers to apocryphal texts, written in Greek and recently recovered (that is since the 1880s). These are the Gospel of Thomas (3 fragments), the Gospel of Peter (3 fragments), and ‘The Unknown Gospel’ (i.e. Egerton 2 supplemented with P.Köln 255). ‘Early’ in the title means writings probably originally composed before ad 130. Fragments of six other unidentified gospels need not actually have been so early. These are the Fayyum Fragment (Faiyum here), Merton 51, P.Oxy. 210, P.Oxy. 1224, P.Oxy. 840, and Berlin 11710. (P.Oxy. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flm120 |