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Lost Scriptures
Bart Ehrman
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Description for Lost Scriptures
Paperback. We may think of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament as the only sacred writings of the early Christians, but this is not the case. This title offers an anthology of translations of many of non-canonical writings from the centuries after Christ - texts that have for the most part been neglected or lost for nearly two millennia. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
We may think of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament as the only sacred writings of the early Christians, but this is not at all the case. Lost Scriptures offers an anthology of up-to-date and readable translations of many non-canonical writings from the centuries after Christ--texts that have for the most part been neglected or lost for nearly two millennia. Here is an array of remarkably varied writings from early Christian groups whose visions of Jesus differ dramatically from our contemporary understanding. Readers will find Gospels supposedly authored by the apostle Philip, James the brother of Jesus, Mary Magdalen, ... Read more
We may think of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament as the only sacred writings of the early Christians, but this is not at all the case. Lost Scriptures offers an anthology of up-to-date and readable translations of many non-canonical writings from the centuries after Christ--texts that have for the most part been neglected or lost for nearly two millennia. Here is an array of remarkably varied writings from early Christian groups whose visions of Jesus differ dramatically from our contemporary understanding. Readers will find Gospels supposedly authored by the apostle Philip, James the brother of Jesus, Mary Magdalen, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
348
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
506g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195182507
SKU
V9780195182507
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About Bart Ehrman
Bart D. Ehrman chairs the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. An authority on the early Church and the life of Jesus, he has appeared on A&E, the History Channel, CNN, and other television and radio shows. He has taped several highly popular lecture series for the "Teaching Company" and is the author ... Read more
Reviews for Lost Scriptures
"History, it's often said, is written by the victors. Bart Ehrman argues in a pair of intriguing new books that the same could be said of the Bible's New Testament. That Ehrman makes his case without pushing into territory considered heretical by many mainstream Christians shows a deft touch with the most volatile of subjects.... Will shock more than a ... Read more