Beyond canon: early Christianity and the Ethiopic textual tradition
"This book seeks to highlight the significance of a group of five texts excluded from the standard Christian Bible and preserved only in Ge'ez, the classical language of Ethiopia. These texts are crucial for modern scholars due to their significance for a wide range of early readers, as ex...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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T&T Clark
2021
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Library of New Testament studies (643)
Year: 2021 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | Library of New Testament studies
643 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Äthiopische Kirche
/ Old Ethiopian language
/ New Testament
/ Apocrypha
/ Text variant
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Bible Ethiopic Versions B Bible Canon B Bible Canonical criticism B Apocryphal books Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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| Summary: | "This book seeks to highlight the significance of a group of five texts excluded from the standard Christian Bible and preserved only in Ge'ez, the classical language of Ethiopia. These texts are crucial for modern scholars due to their significance for a wide range of early readers, as extant fragments of other early translations confirm in most cases; yet they are also noted for their eventual marginalization and abandonment as a more restrictive understanding of the biblical canon prevailed - everywhere except in Ethiopia, with its distinctive Christian tradition in which the concept of a "closed canon" is alien. In focusing upon 1 Enoch, Jubilees, the Ascension of Isaiah, the Epistula Apostolorum, and the Apocalypse of Peter, the contributors to this volume group them together as representatives of a time in early Christian history when sacred texts were not limited by a sharply defined canonical boundary. In doing so, this book also highlights the unique and under-appreciated contribution of Ethiopia to the study of early Christianity"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 183 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-567-69585-7 |
