A Synopsis of the Apocryphal Nativity and Infancy Narratives. By J. K. Elliott

It is sometimes alleged that our New Testament is simply an arbitrary selection made by the Church from a much larger collection of literature that might equally well have been included. The best answer, as M. R. James suggested more than eighty years ago, is to ask the speaker if he or she has ever...

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Главный автор: Wilson, R. McL (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Review
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Oxford University Press 2007
В: The journal of theological studies
Год: 2007, Том: 58, Выпуск: 2, Страницы: 689-691
Рецензировано:A synopsis of the apocryphal nativity and infancy narratives (Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2006) (Wilson, R. McL)
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Итог:It is sometimes alleged that our New Testament is simply an arbitrary selection made by the Church from a much larger collection of literature that might equally well have been included. The best answer, as M. R. James suggested more than eighty years ago, is to ask the speaker if he or she has ever read any of that literature: ‘there is no question of any one's having excluded them from the New Testament: they have done that for themselves’ (The Apocryphal New Testament [Oxford, 1924], pp. xi–xii).
ISSN:1477-4607
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/jts/fll168