| Description |
xv, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-287) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction, recouping our losses -- Forgeries and discoveries : Ancient discovery of a forgery, Serapion and the Gospel of Peter ; Ancient forgery of a discovery, the Acts of Paul and Thecla ; Discovery of an ancient forgery, the Coptic Gospel of Thomas ; Forgery of an ancient discovery? Morton Smith and the secret Gospel of Mark -- Heresies and orthodoxies : At polar ends of the spectrum, early Christian Ebionites and Marcionites ; Christians "in the know", the worlds of early Christian gnosticism ; On the road to Nicaea, the broad swath of proto-orthodox Christianity -- Winners and losers : Quest for orthodoxy ; Arsenal of the conflicts, polemic treatises and personal slurs ; Additional weapons in the polemic arsenal, forgeries and falsifications ; Invention of scripture, the formation of the proto-orthodox New Testament ; Winners, losers, and the question of tolerance. |
| Subject |
Apocryphal books (New Testament) -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, approximately 30-600.
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Church history -- Early church, approximately 30-600.
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| ISBN |
0195141830 (alk. paper) |
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