Jesus and the manuscripts : what we can learn from the oldest texts / Craig A. Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Craig A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Historicity.

Jesus Christ.

Bible. New Testament--Manuscripts.

Bible.

Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Gospels--Arabic--Versions.

Bible. Gospels.

Bible. New Testament.

Rabbinical literature--Relation to the New Testament.

Rabbinical literature.

Apocryphal books (New Testament).

Historicity of Jesus Christ.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiii, 650 pages) : color illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Peabody, Massachusetts : Hendrickson Publishers, 2020.

Summary:

"Jesus and the Manuscripts, by popular author and Bible scholar Craig A. Evans, introduces readers to the diversity and complexity of the ancient literature that records the words and deeds of Jesus. This diverse literature includes the familiar Gospels of the New Testament, the much less familiar literature of the Rabbis and of the Qur'ān, and the extracanonical narratives and brief snippets of material found in fragments and inscriptions. This book critically analyzes important texts and quotations in their original languages and engages the current scholarly discussion. Evans argues that the Gospel of Thomas is not early or independent of the New Testament Gospels but that it should be dated to the late second century. He also argues that Secret Mark, like the recently published Gospel of Jesus' Wife, is probably a modern forgery. Of special interest is the question of how long the autographs of New Testament writings remained in circulation. Evans argues that the evidence suggests that most of these autographs remained available for copying and study for more than one hundred years and thus stabilized the text."--Publisher's website

Contents:

List of figures

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

How old and how many? the oldest witnesses to Jesus

The autographic Jesus: how long were late antique books in use?

Jesus in the "Jewish gospels"

Jesus and doubting Thomas: on the genesis and age of a Syrian gospel (Part one)

Jesus and doubting Thomas: on the genesis and age of a Syrian gospel (Part two)

Cross purposes: from Matthew to the Gospel of Peter

Jesus and Judas: making sense of the Gospel of Judas

The sexual Jesus: straight, gay, or married?

Panther, prophet, or problem child? Jesus in rabbinic, Islamic, and popular Christian traditions

Jesus in small texts: agrapha, amulets, fragments, and inscriptions

Jesus and the beginnings of the Christian canon of scripture

Jesus in print: Erasmus and the beginnings of textual fundamentalism

Bibliography

Index of modern authors

Index of ancient sources

Figures.588

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Print version:

ISBN:

1-68307-360-6

9781683073604

OCLC:

1203911479