"The Christian canon of scripture, known as the New Testament, excluded many of the church's traditional stories about its origins. This book provides a lucid introduction to the relationship between the apocryphal texts and the paintings, mosaics, and sculpture in which they ar…
"The Christian canon of scripture, known as the New Testament, excluded many of the church's traditional stories about its origins. This book provides a lucid introduction to the relationship between the apocryphal texts and the paintings, mosaics, and sculpture in which they ar…
"Bart Ehrman, the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus and recognized authority on the early Christian Church, and Zlatko Pleše, a foremost authority on Christian Gnosticism, here offer a valuable compilation of more than forty ancient gospel texts and textual f…
Bart Ehrman--the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus and a recognized authority on the early Christian Church--and Zlatko Plese--a foremost authority on Christian Gnosticism--here offer a valuable compilation of over 40 ancient gospel texts and textual fragment…
Throughout history, Christians have expressed their faith through story. They created texts featuring important early Christian figures?like Jesus, Peter, Paul, Mary Magdalene, and Judas?to express their relationships to God and to the world around them. Some of these texts are …
Throughout history, Christians have expressed their faith through story. They created texts featuring important early Christian figures?like Jesus, Peter, Paul, Mary Magdalene, and Judas?to express their relationships to God and to the world around them. Some of these texts are …