Infancy Gospels
stories and identities
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Publication
2011 - Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, Germany
Language
English
Word Count
188,750 words, Guess
Page Count
755 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-103161508335
- ISBN-139783161508332
- Library of Congress Control Number2011516662
- OCLC Control Number769222246
- Better World Books9783161508332
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL25189003M
Classifications
- LCCBT315.3 .I54 2011
- LCCBT315.3 .I543 2011
Description
Even though the canonical Jesus' infancy stories have always provoked great interest in popular culture and in the arts, they have been neglected in research during the last decades due to the relatively late date of their redaction. Since the monograph by Raymond Brown, The Birth of the Messiah , the researchers working on this topic have not attempted to consider its historical impact. In this volume, an international team of scholars proposes firstly a reconsideration of the historical background of these stories in terms of early Jewish and Christian identity quests. Secondly, they deal with early Christian questions on Jesus' infancy and childhood through canonical and apocryphal Gospels including information from Patristic and documentary literature. On the theological level, this volume illustrates the impact that these apocryphal texts, recognized as "useful for the soul" (a phrase coined by Franc̜ois Bovon), have had on the Christian faith.
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- Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum neuen Testament -- 281
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