RT Book T1 Shadowy characters and fragmentary evidence: the search for early Christian groups and movements T2 Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament JF Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament A2 Verheyden, Joseph 1957- A2 Nicklas, Tobias 1967- A2 Hernitscheck, Elisabeth 1986- LA English PP Tübingen PB Mohr Siebeck YR 2017 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/89083640X AB The present volume contains the proceedings of an international colloquium that dealt with heavily fragmented texts and hypothetical sources, and with the "shadowy" characters and movements featured in such texts. These two aspects are combined here and studied to see how they have been handled in the history of research, what they reveal about the community or the group expressing itself through (or hiding behind) them, and to ascertain the role these documents and figures or groups should be given in reconstructing an overall picture of developments in the theology and religious life of early Christianity. The essays contribute to the writing of a critical history of researching these types of documents and movements NO "The present book is the result of an international colloquium held February 18-20, 2015, at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of the KU Leuven" (Introduction) CN BR162.3 SN 3-16-154085-9 SN 978-3-16-154085-1 K1 Church History : Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 K1 Basilideans K1 Sethians K1 Apocryphal books (New Testament) : Criticism, interpretation, etc K1 Konferenzschrift : 2015 : Löwen