The Apocryphal New Testament: A Collection of Apocryphal Christian Literature in an English Translation - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198261810 ISBN 13: 9780198261810

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Includes translations of the most significant and famous of the non-canonical Christian works. This book reveals the popular legends of Christians after the New Testament era, and throws light on the origins of many later beliefs and practices.

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Review

this book must find a place on the shelf of every person interested in the diverse forms of early Christianity. (Paul Foster, The Expository Times)

a handy one-volume collection of all the apocryphal material the NT scholar would normally use in his studies. (International Review of Biblical Studies, Vol. 52)

a vital resource (Church Times)

From the Back Cover

This collection of apocryphal texts supersedes the best-selling edition by M. R. James, which was originally published in 1924, and regularly reprinted. Several new texts have come to light since 1924 and the textual base for some of the apocrypha previously translated by James is now more secure, as in several cases there are recently published critical editions available. Although a modest appendix to James's edition was added in 1953, no thorough revision has previously been undertaken. In this volume, J. K. Elliott presents new translations of the texts and has provided each of them with a short introduction and bibliography directed to those who wish to pursue further the issues raised in the texts, or to consult the critical editions, other versions, or general studies. The translations are in modern English, in contrast to James's deliberate imitation of the language of the Authorized Version. The collection is designed to give readers the most important and famous of the Christian apocrypha, together with a select sample of gnostic texts. Full translations of the earliest texts are printed.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0198261810
• ISBN 13: 9780198261810
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 747
• Editor: Elliott J. K.