The Non-Canonical Gospels

by Paul Foster

Overview

A fascinating volume, which brings together leading experts in the field, to discuss the most significant of the non-canonical gospels.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780567033017
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/11/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Paul Foster is Senior Lecturer in New Testament at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is author of Community, Law and Mission in Matthew's Gospel, Mohr Siebeck, 2004, and editor of The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers (T&T Clark, 2007).

Table of Contents

Preface (Paul Foster, Senior Lecturer in New Testament, University of Edinburgh, UK)

Abbrviations
List of Contributors


1: Significance of the Non-Canonical Gospels (Keith Elliott, Professor of New Testament Textual Criticism, Univeristy of Leeds, UK)

2. The Gospel of Thomas (April D. DeConick, Professor of Biblical Studies, Rice University, USA)

3. The Gospel of Peter (Paul Foster, Senior Lecturer in New Testament, University of Edinburgh, UK)

4. The Gospel of Mary (Christopher Tuckett, Professor in the Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford)

5. Jewish-Christian Gospels (Andrew Gregory, Chaplain in University College, University of Oxford, UK)
6. The Gospel of Philip (Paul Foster, Senior Lecturer in New Testament, University of Edinburgh, UK)
7. The Gospel of Judas: An Unlikely Hero (Simon Gathercole, Lecturer in New Testament Studies, University of Cambridge)

8. The Gospel of Judas: A Parody of Apostolic Christianity, April D. DeConick, Professor of Biblical Studies, Rice University, USA)

9. Protevangelium of James (Paul Foster, Senior Lecturer in New Testament, University of Edinburgh, UK)
10. The Infancy Gospel of Thomas (Tony Chartrand-Burke, Assistant Professor, York University, Toronto, Canada)

11. Papyrus Egerton 2 (Tobias Nicklas, Visiting Professor, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Holland)

12. Fayum Fragment (Dr. Thomas J. Kraus, Hilpoltstein, Germany)

9. Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 840 (Michael Kruger, Associate Professor of New Testament, Reformed Theological Seminary, USA)

10. Secret Mark (Paul Foster, Senior Lecturer in New Testament, University of Edinburgh, UK)

Editorial Reviews

'The book is to be recommended as a clear description and strong assessment of selected non-canonical Gospels, providing sane judgments based on clearly stated evidence while avoiding sensationalism.' --Sanford Lakoff

'The book presents one of the most comprehensive and up-to-date discussions of a range of texts that continue to be of interest to scholars and wider readers...fresh and stimulating.' --Sanford Lakoff

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