The Modern Life of an Ancient Text: The Gospel of Nicodemus in Manitoba
Usually approached as an early Christian apocryphon, the Gospel of Nicodemus continues to resonate with the lives of many contemporary Christians as a source of religious inspiration and devotion. This paper investigates how and why a fourth-century apocryphal work found a following in rural Manitob...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2011
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Apocrypha
Year: 2011, Volume: 21, Pages: 113-120 |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Usually approached as an early Christian apocryphon, the Gospel of Nicodemus continues to resonate with the lives of many contemporary Christians as a source of religious inspiration and devotion. This paper investigates how and why a fourth-century apocryphal work found a following in rural Manitoba, where it was recently translated from German into English and disseminated in local Mennonite communities. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Apocrypha
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.APOCRA.1.102231 |